LONDON: In the dust-choked streets of El-Fasher in western Sudan, children cling to the hands of younger siblings as they flee the only homes they have ever known, their eyes wide with fear and hunger, many without parents. For nearly 18 months, El-Fasher has been under siege, trapped between the warring Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces in a battle for control. Since the RSF seized the North Darfur capital on Oct.

Paramilitary RSF says it is planning imminent attack on el-Obeid after the mass killings in el-Fasher.

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces fighters are abducting thousands of people for ransom as they flee the city of el-Fasher.