UN Warns of Atrocities in Sudan as RSF Advances on City
The council warned of mass atrocities as RSF forces encircle the city and called for civilian protection and unhindered aid access.
- On Saturday, the United Nations Security Council demanded the Rapid Support Forces halt its assault on El Obeid, expressing concern over an "imminent risk of mass atrocities" in the North Kordofan capital.
- Fears of a repeat of the October 2025 capture of Al-Fashir, which bore "hallmarks of genocide," prompted the warning; the RSF has besieged El Obeid for months, creating urgent threat to civilians.
- More than 11.5 million people have been displaced by the conflict, and members reiterated that parties must protect civilians and comply with the Jeddah Declaration to facilitate safe humanitarian aid delivery.
- UN special envoy Pekka Haavisto urged RSF chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo to de-escalate, while the European Union warned that El Obeid must not become another El Fasher amid reports of drone strikes.
- Reaffirming its commitment to Sudan's sovereignty, the Council urged member states to implement resolution 2791 , calling for investigations into abuses and accountability for those responsible for ongoing violence.
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Will El Obaid soon become as notorious in Sudan as Al-Fasher? Experts share this fear. The UN is warning of an offensive on the Sudanese city, which has been under siege for over a year and a half by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). El Obaid has been cut off by the RSF on the north, west, and south sides, meaning that hardly any food or water is entering the country. Electricity also went out last weekend, leaving the half-million in…
On Monday, the United States expressed its deep concern at "an alarming indication that mass atrocities may be imminent" in El-Obeid, the Sudan's largest city, where the United Nations is also afraid of an attack by paramilitaries.
After several months of relative stagnation on the front, the threat of a new large-scale offensive by the paramilitaries Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is once again looming over one of the country's major cities. In recent days, the group has deployed a large contingent of troops around the capital of the state of North Kordofan, El Obeid (central Sudan), and has intensified drone attacks on civilian targets, which has raised alarm over an…
In Sudan, after months of siege, the situation in El-Obeid, the major city of Kordofan, has been more than worrying. In recent days, the international community has been alarmed by the fear of an assault by General Mohamed Hamdane Dogolo's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), known as "Hemedti" – at war against General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's army since 2023 –.
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