The images of the strike site show shattered metal ceilings that used to provide coverage to the faithful; It occurs when the paramilitary rapid support forces, or RSF, continue their impulse to take control of El Pasher, while fighting military government forces.
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, issued a statement saying that she was seriously alarmed by the strike in the besieged capital of the state of North Darfur.
Request responsibility
“International Humanitarian Law requires the protection of mosques and civilians who love them“She said.
“It is also a war crime to intentionally direct attacks against buildings dedicated to religion. According to the reports, this attack, made by the rapid support forces, must be investigated and the responsible perpetrators. “
The UN spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric reiterated the long -standing call for “an immediate cessation of fire in the phase and its surroundings,” and added that humanitarian access access to “staff and supplies must be provided so that we can reach those in need.”
Civil death
In a related development, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, warned that there has been a strong increase in civil murders, including summary executions, together with the growing ethnic violence in Sudan.
Several important offensives have been particularly mortal, including an April attack by the RSF in the besieged and other parts of North Darfur that left at least 527 dead, and air attacks in March by the Sudanese armed forces in the Tora market in northern Darfur who killed at least 350 civilians, including 13 members of a family.
The situation in the phase is serious and worsens, said the Li Fung of Ohchr, who said that the reports continue to be killed, kidnapped or subjected to sexual violence while fleeing the city.
“There are no safe departure routes outside the city, and civilians are trapped in an impossible options: stay in the phase and risk bombardment, hunger and atrocities if the RSF invades the city; or flees, and faces the risk of summary execution, sexual violence and abduction.”
The Sudan War began in April 2023 when the peaceful transition to the civil government broke and broke out the struggle between the former allies turned into mortal rivals.
Since then, none of the parties at war has acted not a single fire, outstanding UN partner, the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC.
Call diplomacy in New York
He issued an appeal to world leaders who prepare to meet at the UN in New York for the UN General Assembly from next week to agree on ways of relieving the suffering of the Sudanese people, who face famine and a massive humanitarian disaster.
Regional Director of the ICR for Africa Patrick Youssef urged “states coalition” to work in “alternatives or incentives” to war including the creation of safe humanitarian corridors.
In the last two years, more than 20 Sudanese Red Crescent workers have been killed, which reflects “the serious situation of the humanitarians who try to cross every first line in Sudan,” said Mr. Youssef to journalists in Geneva.