US declares warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes | Crimes Against Humanity News

US declares warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes | Crimes Against Humanity News

ByNews Polite

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges the military and rival paramilitary RSF to ‘stop this conflict now’. The United States has determined that warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, as Washington increases pressure on the army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid…

Sexual violence still a major threat as Sudan’s conflict grinds on | Sexual Assault

Sexual violence still a major threat as Sudan’s conflict grinds on | Sexual Assault

ByNews Polite

Cairo, Egypt – While sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has increased notably in Sudan during the fighting that has torn the country apart since April, it has been an epidemic there long before April 15, according to Sara Musa, an activist with the Darfur Women’s Forum. Musa and several other…

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan | United Nations News

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan | United Nations News

ByNews Polite

The United Nations political mission in Sudan, UNITAMS, will end on Sunday. A United Nations political mission in war-racked Sudan will end on Sunday after the UN Security Council voted to shut it down following a request from Sudanese authorities last month. Fourteen of the council’s 15 members adopted Friday’s…