'Impartial force' must be deployed to Sudan: UN experts

GENEVA, Sept 06 (AFP): Flagrant rights violations by Sudan's warring parties require the deployment of an "independent and impartial force" to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes, UN experts said Friday.

An independent fact-finding mission uncovered "harrowing" violations by both sides since April last year "which may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity", they said.

The conflict pits the national army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

It has triggered one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, and the experts said eight million civilians have been displaced.