Guterres says foreign powers fueling Sudan conflict
Outside powers are “fueling the fire” in Sudan’s war, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on October 29th, as reported by Africa News and agencies.
He waned the UN Security Council that the 18-month long war may “ignite regional instability from the Sahel to the Horn of Africa to the Red Sea.”
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In a report, Guterres said people in Sudan are living through “nightmares,” from killings and “unspeakable atrocities” to 750,000 people facing “catastrophic food insecurity.”
He singled out “shocking reports of mass killings and sexual violence” in Gezira province in the last few days. More than 120 people were killed in one town.
Armed Conflict Location and Event Data, a group monitoring the conflict, says more than 24,000 people have been killed so far. The war has created the world’s worst displacement crisis – the International Organisation for Migration say more than 14 million people have been displaced, as reported by Middle East Monitor. Director-General Amy Pope told the press that, with 11 million people internally displaced within the country and 3.1 million having crossed borders, there are “over 14 million people who are on the move right now.”
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Guterres said he is “horrified” by reports of the RSF attack civilians, adding he was “also horrified by reports of attacks against civilians perpetrated by forces affiliated with the Sudanese Armed Forces in Khartoum, and by continuing mass civilian casualties due to apparently indiscriminate airstrikes in populated areas,” he said.
