{"id":13412,"date":"2026-02-25T09:29:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13412"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:29:53","slug":"unsc-condemns-rsf-attacks-in-sudans-kordofan-calls-for-an-end-to-the-war-sudan-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13412","title":{"rendered":"UNSC condemns RSF attacks in Sudan\u2019s Kordofan, calls for an end to the war | Sudan war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Security Council decries atrocities in war-ravaged Sudan, including mass killings, sexual violence and attacks on aid workers.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed \u201cdeep concern\u201d over escalating violence across war-torn Sudan, including in Darfur and Kordofan states, calling for an immediate end to the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Tuesday, the UNSC denounced repeated drone attacks against non-combatants, civilian facilities, and humanitarian workers, including \u201cmultiple attacks impacting\u201d the World Food Programme (WFP).<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have been pitted against the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in a brutal civil war now into its third year, have been blamed for the spike in drone attacks on civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people have been killed, and millions have been displaced in a conflict that has created what the UN describes as the world\u2019s largest displacement and hunger crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the RSF carried out a major raid in Misteriha in North Darfur State, killing at least 28 people and injuring 39, including 10 women, said the Sudan Doctors Network, which monitors violence in the three-year war.<\/p>\n<p>The council also condemned what it called the \u201ccontinued assault and destabilisation in the Kordofan region\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey strongly condemned all forms of violations and abuses committed against the civilian population,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil members condemned reports of arbitrary detention and conflict-related sexual violence and stressed that such acts may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RSF, together with the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-North, has laid siege to Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, since the conflict began in April 2023. Earlier this month, SAF asserted that it had succeeded in breaking through the siege of the city.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the UN formally declared a famine in Kadugli, pointing to \u201cmonths without reliable access to food or medical care\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also pointed to the reported atrocities committed by the RSF in el-Fasher in North Darfur state, which include \u201csystematic killing\u201d, \u201cmass displacement\u201d and \u201csummary executions\u201d. The UN has previously described el-Fasher as a \u201ccrime scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the paramilitary group was pushed out of the capital, Khartoum, in March, the RSF shifted its campaign to the Kordofan region and to the city of el-Fasher in North Darfur, which had been the army\u2019s last bastion in the vast Darfur region until it fell to the RSF in October.<\/p>\n<p>Following the capture of el-Fasher, accounts surfaced accusing the group of mass killings, rape, abductions and widespread looting, prompting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a formal probe into alleged \u201cwar crimes\u201d by both parties to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the UNSC imposed sanctions on four high-ranking RSF figures, including the brother of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the current head of RSF. The sanctions include travel restrictions and asset freezes.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"attacks-against-aid-workers\">Attacks against aid workers<\/h2>\n<p>The UNSC also expressed alarm over repeated drone attacks against civilians, civilian infrastructure and humanitarian workers, including strikes on WFP operations since early February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil members reiterated that deliberate attacks against humanitarian personnel, their premises and assets may constitute war crimes,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey called on all parties to the conflict to respect and protect humanitarian personnel, as well as their premises and assets in accordance with their obligations under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It called for safe, unhindered humanitarian access and the free movement of civilians. \u201cThey (UNSC) stressed that starvation must not be used as a weapon of war,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest figures from the WFP, at least 21.2 million people, or 41 percent of the population, are facing high levels of acute food shortages, while 12 million people have been \u201cforced from their homes by the conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security Council decries atrocities in war-ravaged Sudan, including mass killings, sexual violence and attacks on aid workers. 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