Visiting Sudan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights spoke with 50 representatives of civil society and non-governmental organizations on Thursday in Dongola, capital of the Northern State.
At the center of the meeting, the challenges of people displaced by the violence in Darfur and Kordofan. At the end of October, paramilitaries took control of Darfur during clashes with the army amid executions, rapes and looting. According to the UN, more than 9 million people have been displaced within Sudan since the start of the war in April 2023.
''There is not enough housing for internally displaced people, some of whom have been displaced several times. There is no adequate solution for women who have suffered sexual violence due to lack of space for them. People with disabilities do not receive sufficient attention. But these representatives also found the solution. Sudan and the international community must make every effort to help facilitate their work so that they can provide much-needed humanitarian assistance in these circumstances, said Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for human rights.
Volker Türk arrived in the war-torn country on Wednesday, having not made an official visit to Sudan since November 2022.
