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UN warns of an 'imminent risk of mass atrocities' in Sudan's Kordofan

Safaa Zakaria, 29, a Sudanese refugee from El-Fasher, Sudan, at the Tine transit camp in eastern Chad, on 22 November, 2025.
Safaa Zakaria, 29, a Sudanese refugee from El-Fasher, Sudan, at the Tine transit camp in eastern Chad, on 22 November, 2025. REUTERS - Amr Abdallah Dalsh

In Sudan, NGOs and the UN have warned of an "imminent risk of mass atrocities" in El-Obeid, a major city in North Kordofan. This comes as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) step up their campaign against the regular army in the region.

The majority-Muslim southern city, in the Kordofan region, has been under siege for several months by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, also known as Hemedti.

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