Latest data indicates that at least 11,300 civilians were killed in 2025, nearly triple the number in 2024, while many thousands are still missing or unidentified.
A UN fact-finding mission has said that evidence shows “hallmarks of genocide” against the Zaghawa and Fur Black communities in El Fasher.
Mr Türk said the call was necessary as the brutal Sudan war shows no signs of ending.
Mr Fletcher plans to press for stopping the atrocities in the Kordofan and Darfur regions.
The Sudan Doctors Network attributed the attack to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have surrounded the city in the war-torn country.
Dujarric said, “The secretary-general calls for an immediate ceasefire in and around the El Fasher area.’’
Hungry civilians are reportedly eating animal feed as women and girls face a “gender emergency” in war-torn Sudan, UN officials said on Thursday.
Council members also repeated their call for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
DiCarlo said fighting in El Fasher could unleash bloody inter-communal strife throughout Darfur.
About 14.3 million people in Sudan need humanitarian assistance, of which 25 per cent require food security and livelihood support.
