The Sudanese government has lodged a formal protest with the United Nations over what it described as a “brutal and barbaric attack” by the “terrorist militia” on the Dar Al-Arqam Shelter Center in El Fasher.
The assault left 60 people dead, most of them women and children, and dozens injured.
Sudan’s mission to the UN submitted a strongly worded memorandum to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the President of the Human Rights Council, and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, accompanied by a statement issued by the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In the memo, Sudan stressed that the militia’s persistence in committing such crimes is a direct result of the international community’s silence over previous atrocities.
The note urged the international community—especially the UN Security Council, Human Rights Council, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights—to move beyond condemnations and statements and take concrete deterrent measures to stop these grave violations of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
