UN chief renews call for immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has renewed his call for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan and urged the international community to act with urgency to help bring an end to the relentless suffering and destruction in the country.

Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, said yesterday that the UN Chief is appalled by the increasingly catastrophic situation



in Sudan’s North Darfur State, as deadly attacks continue on its capital Al Fasher. Two weeks ago, an assault on the famine-stricken Zamzam and Abu Shouk displacement camps had reportedly killed hundreds of civilians, including humanitarian workers. More than 400,000 people are estimated to have been forced to flee the Zamzam camp alone earlier this month.