Sudan former PM warns of civil war that would be ‘nightmare for the world’

Abdalla Hamdok, who resigned in January last year, says conflict could spiral into bigger crisis than Syria, Yemen or Libya

Sudan's former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has warned that the conflict in the turbulent African nation could deteriorate to one of the world's worst civil wars if it is not stopped early.

More than 500 people have been killed since battles erupted on 15 April between the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his number two Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commonly known as Hemedti, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).