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African Union condemns atrocities, 'war crimes' in Sudan's El-Fasher
The African Union chairman condemned on Tuesday alleged "atrocities" and reported "war crimes" in Sudan's strategic hub of El-Fasher and called for an immediate halt to fighting. This comes after Sudan's army admitted on Monday it had withdrawn from the city.
Sudan's army admitted on Monday it had withdrawn from the strategic hub of El-Fasher, while the United Nations issued a stark warning over reports of "atrocities" by the paramilitary group now in control of the city.
Sudan's RSF paramilitary forces reportedly launch an attack on the army's last stronghold in Darfur, where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped.
SHOCKING images taken after the fall of El Fasher in Sudan show vast patches of red-stained sand and clusters of bodies, marking a massacre so large it is visible from space. Analysis by Yale
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they have captured the army headquarters in the city of El Fasher the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is accused of executing dozens of people fleeing El-Fasher, the United Nations said, after the group overran the city that was the army’s last stronghold in the west of the country.
Doha: The State of Qatar condemnedthe horrific violations committed during the attacks by the Rapid Support Forces(RSF) on the city of Al Fashir,
Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped amid an escalation of fighting in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Sunday.