Outgoing African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki (R) and Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres attend the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council meeting, on the Situation in Sudan and DR Congo, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. AFP
The African Union held a special meeting of its Peace and Security Council last Friday to discuss the conflict.
It published its official statement on Wednesday, expressing its "deep concern over the continued escalation of the conflict, between the two warring parties, particularly the non-stop perpetration of war crimes and crimes against humanity".
The statement highlighted "the ongoing siege and relentless fighting in El Fasher, the capital city of Sudan's North Darfur State, with devastating impact on livelihood on a massive scale".
It also called on the warring partiesو he Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF), to observe a humanitarian truce during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan starting next month.
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