The U.N. Security Council on Saturday expressed its 'deep concern' over an imminent attack on al-Fashir in Sudan's North Darfur region by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
UNITED NATIONS, April 27 - The U.N. Secur ity Council on Saturday expressed its "deep concern" over an imminent attack on al-Fashir in Sudan's North Darfur region by the Rapid Support Forces .Al-Fashir is the last major city in the vast, western Darfur region not under control of the RSF.
The Security Council, in a statement, "expressed their deep concern over an imminent offensive by the Rapid Support Forces and their allied militias" against the city of al-Fashir. "They called on the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces to end the build-up of military forces and to take steps to de-escalate the situation," the statement said.Burkina Faso is investigating killings in two northern villages in February, a government spokesperson said on Saturday, dismissing a Human Rights Watch report about the Burkinabe army's alleged execution of 223 people there.
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