The Darfur Associations Network in the United Kingdom participated, at the invitation of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan, in a meeting held on Wednesday inside the British Parliament to mark 1,000 days since the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan.
The meeting examined the humanitarian, political, and regional repercussions of the ongoing war, as well as the role the United Kingdom could play in supporting peace efforts and alleviating the humanitarian suffering of the Sudanese people.
The session featured a briefing by former British Ambassador Dame Rosalind Marsden on recent humanitarian, political, and security developments in Sudan.
The Darfur Associations Network expressed satisfaction with the briefing’s objective presentation of facts on the ground, particularly regarding the genocide committed by the militia in El Fasher and the grave crimes perpetrated against civilians.
In his remarks, British MP and member of the International Development Committee Dr. Brian Mathew revealed that the death toll in El Fasher had risen from 60,000 to approximately 75,000, noting that these figures were based on information received from Yale University during an official meeting.
Discussions also addressed ongoing attacks in Dar Zaghawa and surrounding areas. A representative of the Darfur Associations Network corrected some information based on reliable sources on the ground, confirming that the RSF militia had executed more than 300 civilians on ethnic grounds in the areas of Abu Qumrah, Kornoi, and Ambro. The network called for these incidents to be included in the official report and urged the British government to exert serious pressure on the United Arab Emirates, describing it as the militia’s main financier and complicit in these crimes.
During the deliberations, several participants condemned the continued violations against civilians and called for the immediate cessation of RSF attacks, particularly in the Kordofan region. They also denounced a drone strike carried out by the militia that targeted a house in the city of El Obeid, killing a child and a woman.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Yasmin Abdelmajid delivered a commemorative segment, ending by repeatedly reciting the Quranic verse, “Indeed we belong to God, and to Him we shall return,” in tribute to the victims’ souls and as a reaffirmation of the need to achieve justice and end the suffering of the Sudanese people.
