The emergency session follows warnings that 500,000 civilians around el-Obeid are at risk of large-scale atrocities.

As RSF troops besiege el-Obeid, 500,000 civilians face mass atrocities amid drone strikes and a stalled peace process.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk issued the warning over growing fears of an imminent RSF assault.

Save the Children says families in and around the city of el-Obeid are facing increasingly difficult conditions.

How fighting for el-Obeid could shape both Sudan's war and its humanitarian crisis.