UN urges Sudan to improve plight of displaced people in Darfur
Geneva — The UN has called on Sudan to end violence and human rights abuses against the 2.6-million people displaced by its long conflict in Darfur. The UN documented the abuses in a report on Tuesday. Conflict in Darfur began in 2003 when mainly non-Arab tribes took up arms against Sudan’s Arab-led government. Progress on resolving the conflict was a key demand made by the US before it lifted 20-year sanctions in October. Sudan said in October it would extend a unilateral ceasefire with rebels that had been in place since October 2016. The UN report found that despite the ceasefire agreement "violence against internally displaced people continues to be widespread and impunity for human rights violations persists". "I urge the government to address fundamental issues that are preventing the return of displaced people, such as continued violence, including from armed militias, which raise continuing and justifiable fears for their safety and the lack of basic services that leave them...
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