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‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls

October 31, 2025

UN News Service


Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, the UN’s top relief official Tom Fletcher said “women and girls are being raped, people being mutilated and killed – with utter impunity,” adding: “We cannot hear the screams, but – as we sit here today – the horror is continuing.


© Avaaz/Giles Clarke
© Avaaz/Giles Clarke

Tens of thousands of civilians – including many women and children – have been killed in Sudan since conflict erupted in April 2023. (file photo)


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