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Radio France Internationale
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Melissa Chemam

UN warns of possible 'crimes against humanity' in Sudan's Darfur

Sudanese people who fled the conflict in Darfur, near makeshift shelters at the border between Sudan and Chad, on May 13, 2023 © REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

The head of the United Nations mission in Sudan said on Tuesday evening that attacks in Sudan's Darfur region could amount to crimes against humanity.

Volker Perthes, head of the UNITAMS (United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan) mission to Sudan, said that in Darfur "there is an emerging pattern of large-scale targeted attacks against civilians based on their ethnic identities."

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