UN passes resolution on mounting civilian deaths and rights abuses in Sudan
General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, waves to a crowd during a military-backed tribe's rally, in the Nile River state, Sudan, Saturday, July 13, 2019
THE United Nation’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Thursday that drew attention to mounting civilian deaths and rights abuses in Sudan since a bloody conflict erupted between the African country’s two top generals last month.
The violence in Sudan has so far killed more than 700 people, including civilians, and displaced hundreds of thousands across the country.
The Human Rights Council, made up of 47 UN member states, narrowly passed the resolution with 18 states voting for the resolution, 15 against and 14 abstaining.
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