Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan around the besieged city of al-Obeid, the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday, warning of a pattern of atrocities and urging the world to act.
Al-Obeid is the capital of North Kordofan state, a focus of recent fighting in a war between Sudans army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces RSF that began more than three years ago and has caused a vast humanitarian crisis .
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said civilians had been subjected to siege-like conditions for 18 months, with critical shortages of clean water in al-Obeid and relentless drone strikes.
