The United Nations issued its sharpest warning yet over Sudan on Thursday, saying vicious new fighting in the Kordofan region is reviving the same horrors witnessed in Darfur months ago and pushing millions closer to famine and collapse.

U.N. human rights chief Volker TΓΌrk said he fears β€œa new wave of atrocities” as battles between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) surge across North, South and West Kordofan.

This oil-rich corridor controls critical supply routes and has become the conflict’s new frontline after the RSF overran el-Fasher in Darfur.

Sudan’s war, now in its second year, has killed at least 40,000 people – likely far more, rights gro

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