A genocide is unfolding in Darfur and the world must act, the Sudanese government has said.

Sudan's ambassador to the UK issued the stark warning at a news briefing in London after the fall of North Darfur capital Al Fashir to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Multiple reports of atrocities are emerging from Darfur once again, 20 years after it first made headlines in a conflict the world said should never be repeated.

Thousands are thought to have been killed , with women raped and civilians kidnapped for ransom.

Ambassador Babikir Elamin said the world is just standing by.

"It certainly seems that the international community is either helpless or just not interested," he said. "We need to stop this mayhem."

Image: Babikir Elamin, Sudan's ambassador to the UK

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