Sudan: Under Siege, Civilians in El Obeid Face an Uncertain Fate

Every morning residents of El Obeid, the roughly half-a-million-strong capital of North Kordofan State, wake up with trepidation, wondering if today will be the day the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) raid the city. The residents of El Obeid, along with those displaced by conflict from neighbouring areas in West Kordofan State, are all trapped together.

As of early June, the RSF and allied militias have heavily concentrated their forces around El Obeid, effectively subjecting the city to siege-like…