KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday of a "terrible escalation" of fighting in Sudan's famine-stricken city of El-Fasher, where paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they have seized full control.
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"This represents a terrible escalation in the conflict," Guterres said in answer to an AFP question in Malaysia, adding that "the level of suffering that we are witnessing in Sudan is unbearable".
With Sudan midway through the third year of a civil war, four major UN agencies earlier issued an urgent appeal on Friday for a scaled-up humanitarian response in the country, where millions of people continue to face hunger, displacement and the collapse of essential services.
