ICC opens probe into alleged war crimes in Sudan

GOOBJOOG NEWS | HAGUE: The International Criminal Court has opened a new probe into alleged alleged war crimes in Sudan.

The court’s chief prosecutor while addressing the UN Security Council said Karim Khan expressed major concerns over the escalating violence adding that three months of war between feuding generals have plunged the country back into chaos.

The ICC has been investigating crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region since 2005 after a referral by the UN Security Council, and the Hague-based court has charged former leader Omar al-Bashir with offences, including genocide.

Allegations of atrocities have mounted during the recent fighting, with the top UN official in Sudan calling for the warring sides to face accountability.

About 3,000 people have been killed and three million displaced since violence erupted between Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.