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UN Security Council calls for peace in Sudan during ramadan

People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June 19, 2023. [AP Photo]

The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution Friday calling for a Ramadan cease-fire in Sudan, where the U.N. secretary-general warned this week that the humanitarian crisis has reached "colossal proportions."

"With the adoption of this resolution, the council has sent a strong and clear message to Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces to agree an immediate cessation of hostilities during the month of Ramadan," said British Deputy Ambassador James Kariuki, whose delegation drafted the text.

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