Overview
- On Friday the U.N. Human Rights Council held an urgent debate in Geneva where High Commissioner Volker Türk called a 'red alert' for al-Obeid and urged world leaders to act to prevent mass atrocities.
- The U.N. human rights office recorded 15 drone strikes between June 6 and June 28 that killed at least 45 civilians and injured 41 in and around al-Obeid.
- Türk said residents have endured siege-like conditions for about 18 months with critical shortages of clean water, fuel, food and health services caused by attacks on infrastructure.
- Britain called the urgent debate after reports that the Rapid Support Forces are massing around the city, a move that U.N. officials say raises the risk of a renewed ground assault on roughly half a million people in North Kordofan.
- Diplomatic warnings and calls for safe aid corridors and accountability have intensified but concrete protections on the ground remain limited against a wider war that has killed tens of thousands and left millions needing aid.