UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a special address on climate action at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on World Environment Day, 5 June 2024. (Charly Triballeau / AFP)
UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday condemned a paramilitary attack
on a village in Sudan that reportedly left more than 100 people dead.
The
Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been at war with the regular army since
April 2023, on Wednesday attacked the central village of Wad al-Noura in
al-Jazira state with heavy artillery, pro-democracy group Madani Resistance
Committee said.
It
put the toll at “more than 104.”
“The
Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack reportedly carried out on 5 June
by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Wad Al-Noura village, Jazira state,
which is said to have killed over 100 people,” his spokesperson Stephane
Dujarric said in a statement, calling on all parties to the war in Sudan to
refrain from attacks that harm civilians.
Sudan
has been enduring the war between the army led by General Abdel Fattah
al-Burhan, and the paramilitary RSF forces led by his former deputy, General
Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
“The
Secretary-General expresses his deep concern regarding the immense suffering of
the Sudanese population as a result of the continued hostilities,”
Dujarric said.
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“He
stresses that it is high time for all parties to silence their guns across
Sudan and commit to a path towards sustainable peace for the Sudanese
people,” the spokesperson added.
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Publish date : 2024-06-07 09:49:08