UN Denounces El-Fasher Hospital Massacre Amidst Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan

The UN condemned the massacre at a maternity hospital in El-Fasher, Sudan, amid a humanitarian crisis, highlighting severe violations of international humanitarian law and urgent health care needs.

• Hundreds were reportedly massacred at a maternity hospital in El-Fasher, Sudan, prompting the United Nations to denounce the violence as horrific violations of international humanitarian law.
• As violence escalates in Darfur, tens of thousands are fleeing and living in the open without shelter, sanitation, or protection, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
• Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesperson for the United Nations, emphasized the dire health care situation, calling for urgent international assistance to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.