UN: Civilians trapped by fear, detention in Sudan

As Sudan's conflict enters a fourth year, civilians are increasingly trapped not only by frontline violence but by fear, disappearance and detention, according to an update by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan to the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Both sides in the conflict—the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), along with allied groups—are increasingly trying to control populations already exhausted by war. The report builds on earlier findings of systematic abuses including arbitrary detention, torture, and enforced disappearance by both warring parties.