{"id":45680,"date":"2026-09-16T20:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45680"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:34:05","slug":"un-chief-calls-for-accountability-from-countries-fueling-sudans-war","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/un-chief-calls-for-accountability-from-countries-fueling-sudans-war\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief calls for accountability from countries fueling Sudan\u2019s war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called this Wednesday for countries providing weapons to the \u200bwarring parties in Sudan that are used \u200cto attack civilians to be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening in Sudan is absolutely horrible. The humanitarian situation in \u200bSudan is devastating. The level of suffering \u200bof the Sudanese people is intolerable,\u201d Guterres \u2060told reporters ahead of the annual gathering of \u200bworld leaders at the UN in New \u200bYork next week.<\/p>\n<p>Sudan\u2019s war, which erupted in April 2023 following a power struggle between the military and the Rapid \u200bSupport Forces, has displaced more than 14 million \u200bpeople and created one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt \u200cis \u2060true that the conflict is fueled by a number of countries from the outside,\u201d Guterres said. \u201cIn my opinion, there should be accountability for the \u200bkind of \u200binterference in \u2060which some countries provide weapons to parties to a conflict when those weapons \u200bare used massively to attack civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A \u200bUN \u2060fact-finding mission said earlier this month that foreign weapons, military technology, fighters and logistical networks are helping sustain \u2060Sudan\u2019s \u200bconflict and expanding the warring \u200bparties\u2019 ability to strike distant civilian areas with drones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39843,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-45680","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Sudan\u2019s war erupted in April 2023 following a power struggle between the military.","published_date":"","news_description":"Sudan\u2019s war erupted in April 2023 following a power struggle between the military.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45681,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45680\/revisions\/45681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}