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UN Security Council demands end to siege of el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur

People fleeing the violence in West Darfur, cross the border into Adre, Chad, August 4, 2023 [File: Zohra Bensemra
/Reuters]

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has approved a resolution demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) halt the siege of el-Fasher in North Darfur region and end fighting in the area.

The resolution, approved in a vote of 14-0 with Russia abstaining on Thursday, expressed “grave concern” at the spreading violence and reports that the RSF is carrying out “ethnically motivated violence” in el-Fasher.

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