The UN’s top human rights official has issued an urgent warning that an imminent offensive against El Obeid, the capital of Sudan’s North Kordofan state, carries the risk of serious international crimes and threatens to deepen an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis.

GENEVA: The UK, Norway and a group of countries on Thursday raised the alarm at the UN Human Rights Council that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan could…

By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) - Dozens of countries including Britain, France and Germany raised the alarm at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday that…