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The mission found \u201cindicators of a genocidal path\u201d in\u00a0a report released in February. The new report builds on the earlier findings by providing additional evidence on sexual violence, forced disappearances, detention and mass killings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe patterns we documented in El Fasher \u2013 including encirclement, attacks on civilian infrastructure, restrictions on humanitarian access, and widespread abuses against civilians \u2013 serve as a stark warning<\/strong>,\u201d said Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the UN\u00a0Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe international community must heed these lessons and act to prevent further catastrophe<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n Two years into the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces of the military government (SAF) and the RSF, the conflict has killed at least 59,000 people and displaced at least 14 million more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n With 33.7 million people requiring humanitarian assistance and access to people in need severely restricted, the UN considers Sudan the\u00a0worst humanitarian crisis in the world.<\/p>\n The Human Rights Council-appointed investigators warned that the RSF is currently deploying tactics used in El Fasher around El Obeid, where its forces have encircled the city, attacking critical infrastructure and restricting access to essential services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Following a 6 July resolution adopted by the UN\u2019s Human Rights Council, the mission will investigate alleged violations and abuses of international human rights law and humanitarian law in El Obeid.<\/p>\n El Obeid, the capital of the North Kordofan state, is currently under SAF control, but the city has faced \u201csiege-like conditions\u201d for 18 months, UN human rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk\u00a0said on 3 July.<\/p>\n The situation in El Obeid could deteriorate even further, as attacks on critical infrastructure such as power stations have caused blackouts, disrupted water supplies and hampered hospitals\u2019 ability to operate.<\/p>\n In three weeks in June, the UN\u00a0verified 15 drone strikes killing at least 45 civilians El Obeid and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n In response to the situation in El Obeid, Mr. T\u00fcrk called for a range of measures to prevent further atrocities and a repeat of El Fasher, including urgent Security Council action, a pause in hostilities to allow humanitarian aid and cooperation by the International Criminal Court (ICC).<\/p>\n As they took control of El Fasher in October after an 18-month siege, RSF forces carried out door-to-door executions<\/strong>, identity-based targeting, aerial drone bombardments and indiscriminate shootings,\u00a0killing more than 6,000 people in three days.<\/p>\nCost of war<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Alarm grows<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Lessons from El Fasher<\/strong><\/h2>\n