UK URGES SUDAN CEASEFIRE AND STRONGER SANCTIONS AS EL FASHER ANNIVERSARY NEARS

What happened: The UK urged Sudan's warring parties to pause fighting for aid, pursue a lasting ceasefire and back civilian-led talks as the anniversary of El Fasher's capture nears. Ambassador Kate Foster made the appeal at a Security Council meeting on Oct. Why it matters: Foster backed strengthening the Security Council's Sudan sanctions regime and called for publication of the 1591 Panel of Experts' final report. The IPC warned famine risk was growing in parts of Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan.

The UK urged Sudan's warring parties to pause fighting for aid, pursue a lasting ceasefire and back civilian-led talks as the anniversary of El Fasher's capture nears. Ambassador Kate Foster made the appeal at a Security Council meeting on Oct.

Foster backed strengthening the Security Council's Sudan sanctions regime and called for publication of the 1591 Panel of Experts' final report. The IPC warned famine risk was growing in parts of Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan.