Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese human rights group, said hundreds of people had been killed in such strikes across the country.

Dr Tedros urged global leaders to "wake up" and assist Sudan in escaping its current crisis.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accused of committing war crimes against civilians, have been a focal point of international concern.

The city, in the Darfur region of northwestern Sudan, is home to more than 1.8 million residents and displaced people, and is the latest front in a wa...