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Sudan war crimes and famine risk intensify with killing of aid workers

IFRC confirmed the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent volunteers at a food mission and three still missing.

Sudanese refugees gather around makeshift tents and shelters in Chad.
Sudanese refugees gather around makeshift tents and shelters in Chad. (AN/Red Cross of Chad)

Intense fighting in Sudan's El Fasher has forced more than 26,000 people to flee the city in just two days, according to U.N. migration officials.

The International Organization for Migration on Tuesday urgently called for civilian protection and safe, unhindered humanitarian access. It expressed deep concern over indiscriminate attacks, targeting of civilians, gender-based violence, and ethnically motivated attacks, and dispatched shelter items to Tawila village, a major center for displaced persons.

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