Arab League warns of looming humanitarian, security catastrophe in Sudan’s El-Obeid

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 and security catastrophe, accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of targeting civilian infrastructure, Anadolu reports. In a statement, Fahmy said he was following with “deep concern” the deteriorating situation in El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state. “More than 500,000 civilians, including tens of thousands of displaced people, are under siege and facing sustained drone attacks by the RSF targeting markets, schools, hospitals and water and electricity facilities,” he added. Fahmy warned that the continued military buildup and attacks on residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure risk repeating the atrocities witnessed in El-Fasher, despite repeated […]