El-Obeid siege carries grim echoes of El-Fasher

Warnings surrounding El-Obeid, the besieged capital of Sudan’s North Kordofan region, carry an unsettling familiarity. UN officials have cautioned that the opportunity to prevent a full-scale assault is rapidly disappearing, while humanitarian agencies describe a city being isolated through drone strikes, damaged infrastructure, and shrinking supply routes. Military preparations increasingly resemble the sequence that preceded El-Fasher’s collapse last year.