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Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in extreme and immediate danger as worsening violence advances and threatens to unleash bloody inter-communal strife throughout Darfur, top UN officials warned the Security Council.

War erupted in Sudan one year ago between the Sudanese army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), creating the worlds largest displacement crisis.

UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the 15-member Security Council that clashes between RSF and SAF-aligned members of the Joint Protection Forces were nearing El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.

Fighting in El Fasher could unleash bloody inter-communal strife throughout Darfur, DiCarlo said, echoing a warning by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday.

And it risks triggering further violence in other parts of Darfur “ where more than 9 million people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance, she said.

A United Nations-backed global authority on food security said late last month that immediate action is needed to prevent widespread death and total collapse of livelihoods and avert a catastrophic hunger crisis in Sudan.

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