Tribal fighting has killed more than 15,000 in one city in Sudan
A report by the United Nations has said that between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in violence and tribal fighting last year in a city located in the state of West Darfur in Sudan.
The news agency Reuters has reported the news and explained that, between April and June of last year 2023, the city of el-Geneina witnessed violent ethnic clashes that caused the deaths of thousands of people. Various circles are accusing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its Arab militias of being involved in the attacks that analysts say could be war crimes and crimes against humanity. The United Nations has also warned of the possibility of witnessing crimes against humanity in Darfur and warned that the ongoing conflict in the state has taken an ethnic dimension in the area. Meanwhile, the number of people fleeing unrest in Darfur state in Sudan is reportedly increasing following a new wave of ethnic killings. According to the UN report, between June 14 and 17, more than 12,000 people fled the city of el-Geneina on foot and entered Chad through the city of Adre, fearing to be killed. Mass graves in Darfur state This is happening while the United Nations says that more than 12,000 people have been killed and more than 7.4 million have fled their homes inside and outside Sudan since the fighting between the RSF and the Sudanese Army SAF for the control of the country's power broke out. in Sudan last April. So far, regional and international mediation efforts to end the fighting and convince the rival parties to sit down at the negotiating table have hit rock bottom. However, a few days ago, the Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, appointed three prominent African people to be members of the AU's high-level panel to deal with the Sudan crisis.
