CAIRO (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the airstrike that reportedly killed at least 22 people in Sudan on Saturday, according to a statement issued by a spokesman on Sunday morning.
At least 22 people were killed and dozens injured in a Sudanese army airstrike on the western city of Omdurman, the Khartoum state health ministry said on Saturday, as the war between the country’s military factions was entering its 12th week.
The secretary-general is also appalled by reports of large-scale violence and casualties in Sudan’s Darfur region, according to the statement issued by Farhan Haq, his deputy spokesperson.
“He is also concerned about reports of renewed fighting in North Kordofan, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. There is a complete disregard for humanitarian and human rights law that is dangerous and disturbing,” he added.
António Guterres reiterated his call on the Sudanese Armed Forces and its rival Rapid Support Forces to cease fighting and commit to a lasting cessation of hostilities.
(Reporting by Moaz Abd-Alaziz, editing by Franklin Paul and Kim Coghill)