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UK Calls for Accountability Over El Fasher Atrocities

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The United Kingdom has expressed deep alarm over the violence and deliberate targeting of civilians following the fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces, describing recent reports as “horrific,” including ethnically motivated killings, executions, starvation, and the use of rape as a weapon of war.

Delivering the UK’s national statement during the Special Session on Sudan, Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Minister for International Development and Africa, stressed that these atrocities are not isolated incidents but stem from ongoing impunity and a lack of international resolve. She warned that the conflict in Sudan has now become “the largest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century.”

Chapman noted that civilians across Sudan are experiencing famine or famine-like conditions, while both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces continue to obstruct humanitarian aid from reaching more than 30 million people in need.

The UK announced an additional £5 million in humanitarian assistance, bringing its total support this year to £125 million. However, Chapman emphasized that “aid is not enough,” calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities and renewed international efforts toward peace through the Quad and the United Nations.

She underscored the necessity of accountability, saying it cannot be achieved without establishing the facts. The Fact-Finding Mission, she said, is vital to documenting the crimes committed in El Fasher and ensuring perpetrators are held responsible.

Chapman urged the Human Rights Council to “show the Sudanese people that they are not forgotten.”