Harris: Rape and starvation in Sudan's civil war can't be ignored

TANAISTE Simon Harris said the civil conflict in Sudan “cannot be ignored” as he condemned rape and starvation as weapons of war.

- BY GRAINNE NI AODHA

He added €14 million in aid from the Irish state this year was aimed at helping refugees in neighbouring states.

There is deep concern for hundreds of thousands of civilians in El Fasher, in the Darfur region, after the Rapid Support Forces - a paramilitary group accused of genocide - said it took the city after a yearlong siege.