PARIS, France: France Friday condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack on the convoy of International Committee of the Red Cross in war-torn Sudan that killed two staff and injured three others.
France urged all the parties to the conflict to protect humanitarian staff. In a statement, Christophe Lemoine, French foreign ministry spokesman said, “France calls on all parties to the conflict to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law, which obliges them to protect humanitarian and health staff and guarantee complete, safe and unhindered humanitarian access.”
The ICRC said on Thursday gunmen killed two drivers and injured three staff in South Darfur as they returned from a humanitarian job.
The country has been torn apart for more than a year by a deadly conflict between the Sudanese army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the militia’s Rapid Support Forces led by his ex-deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions from their homes in what the United Nations calls “the world’s largest displacement crisis.”
It has also caused severe food shortages and a humanitarian crisis, putting the population of this northeastern African country at risk of starvation.
