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Sudan War's Devastating Impact: Children Mute as New Atrocities Threaten
UN News
January 20, 2026•2 days ago

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Sudan's ongoing conflict, initiated in April 2023, has resulted in widespread devastation, civilian deaths, and displacement. UN human rights chief Volker Türk visited the country, encountering victims of sexual violence. Concerns are high that atrocities witnessed in El Fasher could be replicated in South Kordofan, highlighting the severe humanitarian crisis and risk of further violence.
The war that erupted in Sudan in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed thousands of civilians and caused devastation, mass displacement and famine.
The conflict is a major preoccupation of UN human rights chief Volker Türk, who is just back from visiting the country. There, he met victims of terrible sexual violence, including escapees from the besieged city of El Fasher.
With more details about the situation in Sudan and voicing concerns that what happened in El Fasher risks being repeated in South Kordofan’s Kadugli and Dilling, the High Commissioner’s spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, joins UN News’s Daniel Johnson.
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