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UN calls for immediate ceasefire and humanitarian access as Darfur violence escalates
Summary
At a Doha press conference, the Secretary-General called for an immediate end to hostilities in North Darfur, urged unhindered humanitarian access, an end to weapons flows to Sudan and accountability for alleged atrocities after reports that the Rapid Support Forces entered El Fasher and that thousands of civilians are besieged.
Secretary-General, United Nations, on Tuesday urged an immediate cessation of hostilities in North Darfur and unimpeded humanitarian access after what he described as a rapid deterioration of the situation around El Fasher.
"I once again call an immediate end to this unimaginable violence," the Secretary-General said, citing reports of displacement, hunger, attacks on hospitals, gender-based and ethnic violence, and "credible reports of widespread executions" since the Rapid Support Forces entered the city.
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