Sudan: People of Sudan ‘Need Action, Not Sympathy’

Geneva — “Civilians are not simply caught in the crossfire; they are being deliberately targeted, displaced, and starved.”

The chair of the UN’s Independent Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan, Mohamed Chande Othman, painted a grim picture of life in the north-east African country, saying the people need action, not sympathy.

“Sudan is enduring a war of atrocities,” said Othman, speaking about the conflict afflicting Africa’s third biggest country by area on September 9 at the Human Rights…