The UN said late on Tuesday that some 1.7 million people had been displaced internally and more than 500,000 had left the country.
The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused a humanitarian crisis in Khartoum, as well as cities including El Obeid, Nyala, El Fashir, and El Geneina, where more than 1,100 people have been killed.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres"is highly worried about the increasing ethnic dimension of the violence, as well as by reports of sexual violence," a spokesperson said on Tuesday. His special representative to Sudan, Volker Perthes, blamed the fighting in West Darfur on"Arab militias and some armed men in RSF's uniform.
Meanwhile in El Obeid, a hub between Khartoum and Darfur, residents said the army had begun launching air and artillery strikes against RSF positions. The RSF has controlled the roads branching out from the city, and has agreed with local tribal leaders to secure the area from armed gangs.
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