MORE THAN 50 human rights organisations are calling on the international community to do more to address the disaster unfolding in Sudan.
In the ‘Death Came To Our Home’: War Crimes and Civilian Suffering In Sudan report, Amnesty International revealed the conflict has seen at least 5,000 people killed since fighting broke out between Rapid Support Forces ad Sudanese Armed forces.
The human rights group are warning that women and girls as young as 12 are being subjected to sexual violence and millions of civilians are now displaced.
Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s East and Southern Africa Regional Director, said: “Every day civilians in Sudan are being killed and displaced as the conflict continues to rage, countless lives have been needlessly destroyed in the last six months.
“Justice and accountability are essential for the protection of civilians. The ongoing lack of accountability for past crimes is one of the root causes of this renewed violence.”
Mr Chagutah added: “The UN Security Council must urge all relevant actors to significantly increase humanitarian support for Sudan and demand they allow the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid. The Security Council must also extend the existing arms embargo to all of Sudan and ensure its enforcement.”
Amnesty say 12,000 people have been injured since the conflict began and are urging the international community to pledge more humanitarian support – so aid can reach those in need.
The report, first published in August revealed targeted attacks on civilian objects such as hospitals and churches, and extensive looting.
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Sudan was the largest country on the African continent, until the recent civil war, between the African South, and the Arabic north, split the country in two.
Now the factions in the African south are set on another civil war.
No matter how poor an African state maybe, there is always money, and an appetite for war.
Civil War is what we African do best, with our small arms, and machetes.
The nations of the world should leave us to our destructive civil wars.