Sudan’s two-year war is spiralling out of control, UN chief says

The United Nations secretary-general warned yesterday that the war in Sudan is “spiralling out of control” after a paramilitary force seized the besieged and famine-stricken Darfur city of El Fasher.

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Displaced women and children from El Fasher at a camp in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan.

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Speaking in Qatar, Antonio Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in the two-year conflict that’s become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. “Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped by this siege,” Guterres said.

“People are dying of malnutrition, disease and violence.” He noted “credible reports of widespread executions since the Rapid Support Forces entered the city.”

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