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War-ravaged Sudanese people have had enough: UN mission

Sudan: As conflict enters its second year, United Nations (UN) Fact-Finding Mission says warring parties must halt fighting, protect civilians, allow free flow of aid

GENEVA — Sudan's warring parties must stop the fighting, a UN fact-finding mission said on Thursday as it started its work investigating alleged human rights abuses in the deadly conflict.The three-member team is calling on the rival factions to uphold their obligations to protect civilians and ensure that perpetrators of grave crimes are held to account.

The Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has confirmed to UN and European envoys that he is ready to stop the war and negotiate to end Sudan’s crisis. Earlier, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry suspended its involvement with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) after the Authority invited Dagalo to attend the scheduled summit in Uganda to discuss developments in Sudan and Somalia. The Sudanese government and army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan did not attend the IGAD summit.

United Nations (UN) Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan begins work, calls on warring parties to end conflict and respect human rights