Sudan army retreats from Darfur's last stronghold as UN warns of 'atrocities' by RSF in el-Fasher

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47% : Khartoum [Sudan], October 28 (ANI): Sudan's army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has announced the withdrawal of government troops from their last remaining stronghold in Darfur, as the United Nations issued a grave warning over reports of "atrocities" by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in full control of the city of el-Fasher.
46% : " The UN Human Rights Office said it had received reports of "summary executions" carried out by RSF fighters against civilians fleeing the violence, with "indications of ethnic motivations for killings."
43% : UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher expressed "deep alarm" over reports of civilian deaths and forced displacement, saying, "Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped and terrified, shelled, starving and without access to food, health care or safety."
40% : Before the latest assault, the UN children's agency estimated that about 260,000 civilians, half of them children, were trapped in el-Fasher.
40% : The conflict has been marred by "ethnically motivated killings and rape," according to the UN and rights groups.
33% : Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, warned that "the risk of further large-scale, ethnically motivated violations and atrocities in el-Fasher is mounting by the day.
32% : The ongoing war has claimed more than 40,000 lives and created what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with regions such as el-Fasher now facing famine.
30% : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the developments as a "terrible escalation in the conflict," adding, "The level of suffering that we are witnessing in Sudan is unbearable.

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