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Fears of a massacre in this city on the front line of Sudan&

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Still watching

  • What specific evidence or intelligence led Mukesh Kapila to conclude the El-Obeid crisis could surpass El Fasher in severity?
  • What outcomes or resolutions, if any, emerged from the UN's rare urgent debate on El-Obeid?
  • Which specific countries joined Britain in requesting the UN's urgent debate on El-Obeid?
  • Is there any humanitarian access to al-Obeid, and are aid organizations able to operate there?
  • What concrete actions is the UN calling on the international community to take in response?
  • Which armed actors are responsible for the situation in al-Obeid?

How it developed

  1. Fears of a massacre in this city on the front line of Sudan&

  2. El Obeid humanitarian crisis warning in Sudan

    • The UN's top human rights body held a rare urgent debate on the situation around El-Obeid, following a request by Britain on behalf of a group of countries.
    • The UN issued a formal 'red alert' over what it described as a 'catastrophe' unfolding in Sudan's El-Obeid.
    • Former UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan Mukesh Kapila warned that the El-Obeid crisis could be worse than El Fasher, referencing one of the most severe atrocities of Sudan's civil war.
  3. UN warning of human rights catastrophe in Sudan's al-Obeid

    • UN human rights chief Volker Turk warned on July 3 that a human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan's city of al-Obeid in North Kordofan, and urged the world to act.
  4. RSF crimes against humanity in el-Fasher Sudan civil war