Besieged Sudanese city faces relentless drone strikes and risk of mass atrocities, U.N. warns
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El-Obeid, a besieged city in Sudan, is under relentless drone strikes, the U.N. warns, with hundreds of thousands of civilians facing critical water shortages and a worsening cholera outbreak. NPR News reports women and girls in the city are experiencing high rates of sexual violence amid warnings of possible mass atrocities.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-5921212/el-obeid-sudan-war
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