Thousands sheltering in key Sudan city under threat again as fighting escalates

Thousands of people who have poured into the city of el-Obeid hoping to find shelter from Sudan’s raging civil war have found themselves under threat again, amid warnings that paramilitary fighters are preparing to descend on the army-controlled city.

Clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the military has escalated in the North Kordofan region –