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Why fears are growing that Sudan’s El-Obeid could become the next El-Fasher

  • ICC warns El-Obeid faces risk of mass atrocities as RSF tightens its grip and humanitarian conditions rapidly deteriorate
  • Analysts say international inaction after El-Fasher has emboldened the RSF and left civilians facing another looming disaster
By GABRIELE MALVISI ·
Situation worsening in Sudan’s El-Obeid: UN

Situation worsening in Sudan’s El-Obeid: UN

By AFP ·
ICC warns world cannot ignore warnings of new atrocities in Sudan

ICC warns world cannot ignore warnings of new atrocities in Sudan

By Arab News ·
UN says Sudan resources fuel civil war

UN says Sudan resources fuel civil war

By AFP ·
G7 urges halt to attacks in Sudan’s El-Obeid, calls for wider arms embargo

G7 urges halt to attacks in Sudan’s El-Obeid, calls for wider arms embargo

By Reuters ·
Sudan court sentences RSF leader to death in absentia

Sudan court sentences RSF leader to death in absentia

By AFP ·
Sudanese return home to a capital unready to welcome them

Sudanese return home to a capital unready to welcome them

By Reuters ·

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Why fears are growing that Sudan’s El-Obeid could become the next El-Fasher photos

Why fears are growing that Sudan’s El-Obeid could become the next El-Fasher

Situation worsening in Sudan’s El-Obeid: UN

Situation worsening in Sudan’s El-Obeid: UN

ICC warns world cannot ignore warnings of new atrocities in Sudan

ICC warns world cannot ignore warnings of new atrocities in Sudan

UN says Sudan resources fuel civil war

UN says Sudan resources fuel civil war

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Sudan’s cholera outbreak may get worse due to conflict and rains, WHO warns

Sudan’s cholera outbreak may get worse due to conflict and rains, WHO warns

By Reuters ·
ICC official says breakthrough made in Darfur investigations

ICC official says breakthrough made in Darfur investigations

By Reuters ·
Special UN launches urgent inquiry into Sudan’s El-Obeid after finding ‘hallmarks of genocide’ by RSF in El-Fasher

UN launches urgent inquiry into Sudan’s El-Obeid after finding ‘hallmarks of genocide’ by RSF in El-Fasher

By Ephrem Kossaify ·
Drone strikes on civilian vehicles kill at least 20 in Sudan, rights groups say

Drone strikes on civilian vehicles kill at least 20 in Sudan, rights groups say

By AP ·
Sudanese woman sits with her child in Al-Rahmaniyah camp for displaced people, near the city of El-Obeid.

UN aid chief, Sudan paramilitary leader hold call on besieged city

By AFP ·
Displaced women from South Kordofan sit on the ground in El-Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan, Jan. 15, 2026. (Reuters)

Sudan paramilitary razes Darfur villages, displaces thousands

By AFP ·

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