El Obeid, the capital of Sudan’s Kordofan region, which lies between routes linking Khartoum, Kordofan and Darfur, has been at the centre of an information war for several months amid a humanitarian crisis affecting its residents. El Obeid is a major military and economic hub in Sudan, making it one of the country’s most strategically
The African Union has called for a ceasefire in Sudan as violence around El Obeid has escalated, and the humanitarian situation has been deteriorating nationally. In a statement on June 22, Chairperson of the AU Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, sounded the alarm about the growing insecurity in and around El Obeid, North Kordofan State, and