UN Rights Chief shocked by survivors’ accounts during Sudan visit

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is touring Sudan, meeting families displaced by the country’s ongoing conflict in his first official visit since November 2022.

The visit comes as fighting between rival military forces continues to devastate large areas of the country, particularly the western regions of Darfur and Kordofan, forcing millions from their homes.

Speaking during his tour, Türk said he was deeply shaken…