The necessity of trying to reach a lasting ceasefire in Sudan

According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, according to Al Jazeera News, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to work to convince the warring parties in the Sudan conflict to reach a lasting ceasefire agreement. .

The Secretary General of the United Nations stated that about 18 million people are at risk of starvation as a result of this devastating war, and the war in Sudan has so far resulted in thousands of deaths. .

More than a year has passed since the start of the Sudanese war, which is expanding and worsening at an alarming rate. Is. In the beginning, this war was a power struggle between the rival generals of the army, i.e., General Abdul Fattah al-Barhan, the commander of the Sudanese army, and General Mohammad Hamdan, the leader of the rapid reaction forces, but later it turned into a brutal conflict between ethnic, religious and rebel groups on both sides. is that a range of foreign sponsors also intervene in it.

Sudan has entered one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent years. This is the interpretation that the United Nations has of the humanitarian situation in Sudan, and it says that this country may soon witness the biggest hunger crisis in the world.

The war in Sudan has displaced eight million people. Two million of them have fled to neighboring countries in fear of their lives, and another six million have been displaced within the borders of Sudan.

18 million Sudanese people are facing acute food insecurity. According to the reports published by the United Nations in the last year, numerous reports have been received about the use of violence against women as a weapon. There have also been reports of children being used as soldiers.