Aid workers in El Obeid (a city of half a million people in central Sudan) say conditions have become nearly unbearable as drone strikes attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) repeatedly hit hospitals, fuel stations, schools, and the city's main power station, killing dozens and plunging much of the city into darkness. The UN human rights office recorded at least 45 deaths and 41 injuries from 15 strikes between 6 and 28 June, while conflict monitors logged 27 drone strikes in the area last month alone — the highest monthly total since Sudan's civil war began in April 2023. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned last Friday that "another human rights catastrophe is unfolding" in El Obeid, drawing comparisons to the RSF's seizure of El Fasher last year, which an independent UN mission said bore the "hallmarks of genocide" against non-Arab communities.