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Human rights catastrophe unfolding in Sudan's al-Obeid, says UN's Turk
Volker Turk warned that siege-like conditions and repeated RSF offensives are leaving about 500,000 residents short of food, fuel and health services.
- On Friday, U.N. High Commissioner Volker Türk sounded a 'red alert' regarding possible atrocity crimes in Obeid, urging world leaders to intervene in Sudan's ongoing war between the army and paramilitary forces.
- Conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces has caused 18 months of siegelike conditions, battering civilians near Obeid with 'relentless drone strikes' as both sides battle for control.
- Recent attacks on infrastructure have left more than 30 million people requiring humanitarian assistance, while at least 59,000 have died and 13 million have been displaced across Sudan.
- Since the military broke the siege in February 2025, the RSF has launched multiple offensives to reestablish control over Obeid, home to half a million people in North Kordofan.
- The Human Rights Council in Geneva heard that another human rights catastrophe is unfolding, prompting Türk to urge immediate action to prevent atrocities in Obeid and other places in Kordofan.
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Update: World Leaders Urged To Protect Sudan City El-Obeid From Rapid Support Forces Attack
A week after Vanity Fair published her special report on the civil war in Sudan, conflict correspondent Janine di Giovanni returns with news from century old city Sudanese El-Obeid, where UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk warns “another human rights catastrophe is unfolding."
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On Friday, the United Nations launched a "red alert" to the ongoing "disaster" in El-Obeid, a large Sudan city besieged by paramilitaries.
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