UN rights council orders ‘urgent inquiry’ in Sudan’s El Obeid
GENEVA – The UN rights council yesterday ordered an “urgent inquiry” into violations and abuses in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, warningof the looming risk of “large-scale atrocities”. A strategic hub in the southern Kordofan region, El-Obeid has been encircled for months by the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group that has been fighting Sudan’s... The post UN rights council orders ‘urgent inquiry’ in Sudan’s El Obeid appeared first on New Era .
GENEVA – The UN rights council yesterday ordered an “urgent inquiry” into violations and abuses in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, warning of the looming risk of “large-scale atrocities”.
A strategic hub in the southern Kordofan region, El-Obeid has been encircled for months by the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group that has been fighting Sudan’s army since April 2023.
In a resolution adopted by consensus, the 47-member council voiced “deep concern about the imminent risk of large-scale atrocities by the (RSF)… faced by hundreds of thousands of civilians, including children and internally displaced persons in and around El-Obeid.”
The resolution, which passed after the council held an urgent debate on the situation on Friday, also condemned “reports of dozens of drone strikes on El-Obeid in the last two weeks, including on hospitals and health facilities”.
