The prosecutor's office at the International Criminal Court has warned that atrocities committed in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher could constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.

After 18 months of siege, bombardment and starvation, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city on October 26, dislodging the army's last stronghold in Sudan's western Darfur region.

The ICC prosecutor's office (OTP) voiced "profound alarm and deepest concern" over reports from El-Fasher about mass killings, rapes, and other violent crimes.

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The UN and others are condemning paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which reportedly attacked civilians as it moved to seize new territory in the North African country.

"These atrocities ar

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