UN voices concern about reports of RSF assault on El-Fasher, urges ceasefire across Sudan

According to his spokesperson, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is ‘gravely alarmed’ by reports of a full-scale assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the city of El-Fasher. He has called on the leader of the RSF, Lt. General Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, to order an end to the attack.

Guterres also warned that any escalation could spread the fighting along intercommunal lines throughout Darfur. El-Fasher has been…