The UN opens an urgent inquiry into the siege of El Obeid, where roughly 560,000 civilians are trapped.
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UN investigators warn the city of El Obeid must not become the next mass-casualty site.
A UN inquiry concludes RSF mass killings and gang rapes meet the legal definition of genocide.
The UN Human Rights Council orders an urgent inquiry into the El Obeid siege, where 500,000 civilians remain trapped.
UN human rights chief sounds a "red alert" over 15 RSF drone strikes on El Obeid in three weeks, killing more than 45 civilians.
Al Jazeera July 6 frames El Obeid as potentially the next El Fasher; UN red alert Day 3; RSF siege active; floor reinforced.
UN red alert active Day 2; RSF El Obeid siege tightening; El Fasher crimes against humanity on record; floor reinforced.
HRW El Obeid imminent-atrocities warning: 500,000 at siege risk, 105,000 IDPs; Amnesty El Fasher crimes-against-humanity report stands; RSF is non-state; floor…
Amnesty International documents RSF crimes against humanity at El Fasher; RSF El Obeid offensive threatens 563,000 people; 28.9 million food insecure; floor co…
El Obeid siege Day 18-plus; al-Burhan's June 29 ceasefire rejection stands; US warns of imminent risk of mass atrocities; floor reinforced.
Al-Burhan rejected the Quad humanitarian ceasefire June 29, vowing to fight on — floor reinforced; El Obeid siege Day 17-plus; UN warns the window is rapidly n…
SAF reopened Dalang-Kadugli road June 28 — armed-operations move, not humanitarian; RSF Quad ceasefire proposal unimplemented and SAF-skeptical; El Obeid siege…
El Obeid RSF drone siege Day 15-plus; HRW UNSC action brief; 50-plus civilian deaths; UNSC mass-atrocity warning unactioned.
HRW June 26 brief: RSF drone strikes hit shelters and a funeral in El Obeid; 50-plus civilian deaths; UNSC mass-atrocity warning active.
Famine declared in El-Fasher and Kadugli; RSF drone campaign day 14-plus; UN expert says El Obeid weeks from catastrophe.
RSF drone assault on El Obeid day 12-plus; US atrocity-threat warning active; 500,000 civilians at named imminent risk.
US State Dept formal atrocity-threat statement Jun 22; 29-country UNHRC warning; RSF El Obeid drone campaign day 10+; ~500,000 civilians at named imminent atro…
Jun 22 drone strikes disable El Obeid hospitals and power; UNSC demand unanswered; RSF assault continues against ~500,000 civilians.
UNSC demanded RSF halt El Obeid assault; UN rights chief: 'stop this madness'; RSF massing around ~500,000 civilians.
Western nations warned UN HRC of imminent RSF assault on al-Obeid (500,000 at risk); 50+ killed in prior 10 days; ICC: atrocities 'repeated town by town.'
30M+ in need; appeal 16% funded; GBV need quadrupled to 12.7M as conflict enters fourth year.
RSF designated terrorists; 28.9M acutely food insecure; el-Fasher detention killings; $2.8B appeal 40% funded.
Conflict-famine: 2M facing IPC famine, 150,000+ killed; RSF genocide finding from UN FFM.
UAE arming RSF confirmed; UN FFM genocide hallmarks; ~400,000 dead, 13.6M displaced.
UAE documented continuing to arm the RSF with weapons, drones, and mercenaries; UN FFM genocide hallmarks confirmed.
UAE documented arming the RSF; UN confirms 6,000+ El Fasher killings with hallmarks of genocide against Zaghawa and Fur.
19.5M acutely food-insecure; 135,000 IPC-5; UN fact-finding cites RSF hallmarks of genocide against Zaghawa and Fur in El Fasher.
33.7M requiring assistance; 19.5M acutely food insecure; Darfur famine areas; SAF/RSF third year.
Famine confirmed in 2 NEW Darfur areas this cycle; 33.7M requiring assistance; 19.5M acutely food insecure; SAF/RSF third year.
June lean season: 19.5M crisis food insecure, 135,000 IPC Phase 5; plan 20% funded; famine confirmed Al Fasher and Kadugli.
June lean season: 19.5M crisis food insecure, 135,000 IPC Phase 5; plan 20% funded; famine confirmed in Al Fasher and Kadugli.
Floor confirmed: famine in Al Fasher and Kadugli; 825,000 under-5 at acute severe malnutrition risk; lean season begins with 20% plan funding.
Floor confirmed: famine in El Fasher and Kadugli; 33.7M in need; lean season begins June with 2026 plan 16.2% funded.
Floor confirmation at 0.0; 33.7M in humanitarian need — largest single-country caseload globally; IPC Phase 5 famine in El Fasher and Kadugli.
Floor sustained; WFP/FAO/UNICEF joint report: 19.5M in acute food insecurity, 135K at IPC Catastrophe level — world's hungriest country designation sustained.