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The UN Security Council said in a statement on Saturday that the risk of mass violence against the civilian population in El-Obeid is “imminent” since RSF forces surrounded the city.
The advance of the paramilitary RSF, stepped-up shelling and drone attacks against the capital of El-Obeid in Sudan have caused the UN Security Council to react: “Lay down your weapons now”, it says.
“The members of the Security Council are concerned about an imminent risk of mass atrocities and have demanded that the RSF immediately call off the attack on El-Obeid,” the UN Security Council said in a statement.
El-Obeid is located in North Kordofan and is an important hub between the capital Khartoum and the Darfur region. The town was retaken by the Sudanese military in February and has since been partially besieged by the RSF.
Tens of thousands have been killed and eleven million are estimated to have been forced to flee in civil war Sudan.
