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Flagrant rights violations by Sudan's warring parties require the deployment of an "independent and impartial force" to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes, U.N. experts said Friday.
Flagrant rights violations by Sudan's warring parties require the deployment of an "independent and impartial force" to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes, U.N. experts said Friday.
An independent fact-finding mission uncovered "harrowing" violations by both sides since April last year "which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity," they said.
The conflict pits the national army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
It has triggered one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
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