"Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk of famine," the United Nations (UN) and humanitarian organizations warned this week in a joint statement.

"Despite the tremendous needs, aid workers continue to face systematic obstructions and deliberate denials of access by parties to the conflict."

For over a year, the country has been torn apart by two warring parties .

A few days ago, Alice Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, issued a statement warning that the situation in Sudan bore "all the marks of risk of genocide."

"Civilians are being attacked and killed because of the color of their skin, because of their ethnicity, because of who they are," she said.

According toDoctors Without Borders, at least 145 people have been killed and more than 700 injured since May 10. "We see a bloodbath unfolding before our own eyes in El Fasher," said Claire Nicolet, the organization's emergencies manager for Sudan.

Aid organizations say they are barely able to work due to the violence.

The situation in El Fasher, the capital of the state of North Darfur, is particularly critical. More than 1 million people from across Sudan have found refuge in the city, which is under the control of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. It has........

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