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9 December 2020, 00:01 UTC The UN Security Council must extend the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) by at least six months in light of failure by government security forces to protect civilians in recent months, said Amnesty International, with weeks left to the end of the mission’s mandate. More than 70 people, including farmers and the internally displaced people (IDPs), were killed by members of armed groups between July and September 2020 in Masterei, in West Darfur state, in Nertiti, Central Darfur state, and in Fata Borno, North Darfur state, areas that are under...

Amnesty calls for UN to extend Darfur mission 10th Dec 2020    |    Source: BBC UN forces have been lauded for protecting civilians during attacks Amnesty International wants the UN to extend its mission in Sudan’s Darfur region for six months citing the inability of the government to protect civilians. The human rights group said Sudanese forces were unreachable during recent attacks in areas controlled by the government. Amnesty claimed the officers' phones were switched off when residents tried to call them. It said residents had also described a nine-hour delay by officers in res...