Ethnic attacks, hate speech surging in Sudan, UN rights office says

A man with a Sudanese flag gestures following reports that Sudan's army had entered the central city of Wad Madani and pushed out its paramilitary rivals, the Rapid Support Forces, in Merowe, Sudan, Jan.11, 2025. People queue for water in Omdurman, Sudan, during battles between the Sudanese military and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Jan. 16, 2025. Most of Omdurman is under army control; the RSF holds Khartoum North and some other areas of the capital.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Friday that Sudanese civilians were in greater peril than ever as ethnically motivated attacks and hate speech by the warring parties becomes “increasingly common.”