The emergency session follows warnings that 500,000 civilians around el-Obeid are at risk of large-scale atrocities.

The Council of Ministers of Sudan’s Peace Government has called for the protection of civilians and the establishment of safe humanitarian corridors in El Obeid.

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council has received a request for an urgent debate on the situation in Sudan’s al-Obeid, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. “That will most…