Civilians in Sudan are increasingly being targeted in the battle for supremacy between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has warned.

The United Nations (UN) human rights chief warned on Friday that the war in Sudan is becoming “more dangerous” for civilians, following reports from

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed alarm over the escalating violence in Sudan,

Sudan’s conflict is worsening, and the UN Human Rights Office chief Volker Türk says it is becoming even more dangerous for civilians after reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in the southeastern state of Al Jazirah and amid reports of an imminent battle for control of the capital,

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Clementine Nkweta-Salami has expressed concern over reports of recent attacks against civilians in Al Jazirah State. In a statement issued on Wednesday,

Volker Turk, the United Nations human rights chief, said he feels the war in Sudan is 'even more dangerous' following reports of ethic-based attacks.

The conflict in Sudan is becoming increasingly lethal for the civilian population, UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk said in Geneva on Friday. Türk pointed to reports that dozens had been killed in ethnically targeted attacks in the south-eastern state of al-Jazirah and to an imminent battle for control of Khartoum.