The United Nations has warned that the Kordofan region of Sudan could face another wave of mass atrocities as fierce fighting between rival armed forces threatens a humanitarian catastrophe.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday that history was “repeating itself” in Kordofan following last month’s fall of el-Fasher , the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, where warnings of impending violence were largely ignored by the international community before widespread killings occurred.

“It is truly shocking to see history repeating itself in Kordofan so soon after the horrific events in el-Fasher,” Turk said, urging global powers to prevent the region from suffering a similar fate.

Since late October, when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured Bara , in North Kor

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