A senior United Nations official warned on Friday that the opportunity to prevent a major escalation in the Sudanese city of El Obeid is “rapidly narrowing” as fighting intensifies in and around the North Kordofan state capital.

Die RSF-Miliz hat mit nahezu täglichen Angriffen die Infrastruktur von Obeid weitgehend zerstört. Jetzt droht eine Offensive auf die sudanesische Stadt. Die Uno ist alarmiert.

As Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces mass around the strategic city of el-Obeid, fears are growing of atrocities similar to those seen in Darfur's el-Fasher. Could…