A new, independent investigation into the mass killings that have been reported in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher has received unanimous support from the UN human rights council. No one responded to our wake-up calls. Photographs taken from orbit show bloodstains on the ground in el-Fasher. At an urgent conference in Geneva on Friday, UN human rights chief Volker Türk stated, “The stain on the international community’s record is less visible, but no less damaging.”
Over 150,000 people have died and roughly 12 million have been displaced since the civil conflict started more than two years ago. The goal of the new inquiry is to pinpoint the perpetrators of the el-Fasher massacre.
Although Türk did caution people and businesses about “fuelling and profiting” from Sudan’s crisis, it is disappointing that the directive does not address other nations that are funding the conflict.
Iran has been suspected of providing some weaponry to the Sudanese army, while the United Arab Emirates is accused of sending weapons to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Furthermore, there are concerns that the financially challenged UN, already struggling to maintain its humanitarian efforts in Sudan, would not have the resources to conduct a truly reliable investigation.
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