UN: Sudan army and RSF committed abuses, peacekeepers needed

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Displaced people sit inside a tent at a school turned into a shelter in Port Sudan, Sudan on August 29, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS

Both sides in Sudan's civil war have committed abuses that may amount to war crimes, and world powers need to send in peacekeepers and widen an arms embargo to protect civilians, a UN-mandated mission said on Friday, September 6.

Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have both raped and attacked civilians, used torture and made arbitrary arrests, according to the report that said it was based on 182 interviews with survivors, relatives and witnesses.