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.

Global Briefing: El-Obeid is facing drone attacks from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that have hit civilian targets and public utilities

As RSF troops besiege el-Obeid, 500,000 civilians face mass atrocities amid drone strikes and a stalled peace process.

El Obeid, nel Sudan meridionale, è diventata il punto focale della guerra tra l’esercito e i paramilitari delle Forze di supporto rapido. Il timore è che si ripeta un disastro…

As summary executions, abductions, torture and sexual violence plague el-Obeid, Sudan, the UN's human rights chief said the world must take action to stop preventable atrocities.

'The suffering endured by the citizens of el-Obeid due to the war is beyond comprehension,' one resident says, after weeks of drone strikes

The war in Sudan threatens to spiral further as the strategically-important town of El Obeid continues to face “relentless” drone attacks by advancing paramilitary militias, the…

The United Nations human rights chief has warned that a humanitarian catastrophe is developing in Sudan's el-Obeid - urging world leaders to act now to prevent atrocities.

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…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned that the Sudanese city of El Obeid could face a humanitarian catastrophe similar to that experienced in El Fasher if…

Power cut blankets army-held city as UN orders urgent inquiry into alleged abuse

UN warns of 'catastrophe' in el-Obeid after RSF atrocities in el-Fasher last year.

Editorial: The city of El Obeid faces catastrophe. Governments are shirking their duty to challenge all those sustaining this war

GENEVA: The UN aid chief held a phone call Monday with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary leader on hostilities around El-Obeid, and stressed the need for sustained humanitarian access to…

How fighting for el-Obeid could shape both Sudan's war and its humanitarian crisis.

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy on Tuesday called for intensified international efforts to prevent the Sudanese city of El-Obeid from sliding into a broader humanitarian…