UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan

Sudanese people who fled El Fasher gather at a camp in Tawila. Photograph: Muhnnad Adam/AP

Diplomats and senior UN figures speaking at the UN security council have condemned mass killings by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher after the Sudanese city “descended into an even darker hell” following the paramilitary group’s takeover at the weekend.

Widespread reports of ethnically targeted killings in recent days prompted the UK, as the UN penholder on Sudan, to call an emergency session of the security council in New York on Thursday.