{"id":20122698,"date":"2025-11-04T20:08:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20122698"},"modified":"2025-11-04T20:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:10:05","slug":"intl-outcry-over-north-darfur-atrocities-as-us-push-for-sudan-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/intl-outcry-over-north-darfur-atrocities-as-us-push-for-sudan-ceasefire","title":{"rendered":"Int\u2019l outcry over North Darfur atrocities as US push for Sudan ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Global concern is mounting as world leaders, diplomats, and UN officials call for an urgent halt to the violence in North Darfur’s capital of El Fasher, where civilians remain trapped under the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Following the RSF\u2019s capture of a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) base last week, reports have emerged of mass killings, sexual violence, ethnic attacks, and starvation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diplomatic efforts also intensified during the week. Following meetings in Cairo, US presidential adviser on Arab and African affairs,\u00a0Massad <\/a>B<\/a>oulos<\/a>\u00a0reported that both parties had responded to a Washington-backed ceasefire proposal for either a three- or nine-month humanitarian truce, complete with monitoring and supply routes on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meetings included consultations with the Arab League\u2019s Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty<\/a>, and Qatari officials, emphasising the urgent need to protect civilians, establish humanitarian corridors, and lay the groundwork for a comprehensive political process in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the Second World Summit for Social Development in Qatar\u2019s capital of Doha today, UN Secretary-General\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/a>\u00a0condemned the violence as \u201cappalling\u201d and demanded accountability, calling on both the SAF and the RSF to reach an immediate settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is clear that we need a ceasefire in Sudan,\u201d Guterres said. \u201cWe need to stop this carnage that is absolutely intolerable\u201d, he added. Guterres went on to warn that Sudan\u2019s unity and territorial integrity were at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France<\/a>\u00a0also condemned the RSF for what it described as\u00a0ethnically motivated atrocities<\/a>, including executions, massacres, rape, looting, kidnapping, and forced displacement. French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot called for an immediate ceasefire yesterday, warning that tens of thousands of civilians were in grave danger following the fall of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UN officials in New York have repeatedly raised the alarm. During a press briefing yesterday, spokesperson Farhan Haq said civilians are unable to flee the city, and that hundreds, including aid workers, were killed on October 30 and again on November 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He condemned\u00a0RSF obstruction<\/a>\u00a0of humanitarian assistance and demanded unrestricted aid access alongside an immediate halt to hostilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regional and Muslim-majority states added their voices to the international outcry. Qatar\u2019s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani denounced the atrocities and urged a political solution that safeguards Sudan\u2019s sovereignty at the Second World Summit for Social Development, earlier today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkish\u00a0President Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a>\u00a0declared that no one with a conscience could remain silent, in his opening remarks of during the 41st session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malaysia joined the international outcry\u00a0in a post on X (formerly Twitter), yesterday<\/a>. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said: \u201cReports of atrocities, mass killings and large-scale displacement across the country are deeply alarming\u2026 The violence against civilians constitutes a clear breach of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that Malaysia \u201ccalls on all parties to the conflict to exercise maximum restraint\u201d and stressed the need to guarantee \u201csafe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance\u2026 Malaysia stands in solidarity with the people of Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n