Blinken warns of new attacks in Sudan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Sudan's paramilitary forces of signs of an "imminent large-scale attack" in the capital of North Darfur, where thousands of people have fled fighting.
“The United States is deeply concerned by reports of an imminent large-scale attack by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher (or Fashir), North Darfur, which would place civilians, including civilians, in extreme danger. hundreds of thousands of displaced people – many of whom have recently fled to El Fasher from other areas,” Blinken said in a statement.
Here's the area we're talking about
“The United States urges the warring parties to immediately cease further attacks in and around El Fasher to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law regarding civilians,” Blinken added.
Although the United States did not cite the source of its information, the statement was unusually strong as it was issued on Blinken's behalf.
Since April, the war between regular forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary RSF, commanded by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has killed more than 9,000 people and forced the exodus of more than 5.6 million .
The two sides returned to talks last week in Jeddah, mediated by the United States and Saudi Arabia, but U.S. officials say current goals are limited to promoting ceasefires and allowing in humanitarian aid.
However, violence has erupted in Darfur, with an eyewitness in El Fasher telling AFP that an army base was targeted by drones on Thursday.
The RSF became infamous during Sudan's scorched earth campaign two decades ago in the arid western region, where the United States at the time accused the country, largely led by an Arab leadership, of a campaign of genocide against Darfurians .
Numerous human rights groups and witnesses who fled Darfur reported massacres of civilians and ethnically motivated attacks and killings, largely by paramilitary forces and their allied Arab tribal militias.
The US calls for an immediate cessation of fighting in the area.
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