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More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says

New UN report comes as WFP says three of its staff were killed in aerial bombardment [File: Abubakar Garelnabei/WFP via Reuters]

More than 700 people have been killed in el-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state since May, the United Nations human rights chief has said, imploring the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to halt a siege of the city.

The siege and “the relentless fighting are devastating lives every day on a massive scale”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement on Friday.

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