The U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has warned that more than 2 million people in Sudan's western Darfur region are under imminent threat of a "large-scale massacre" and urged the international community to pressure the warring parties to de-escalate.

A senior U.S. official warned Monday that more than 2 million people in El Fasher, in Sudan’s western Darfur region, are under imminent threat of a “large-scale massacre” from a paramilitary group’s attack and urged the international community to pressure the warring parties to de-escalate.

The US ambassador to the United Nations on Monday warned of an impending "large-scale massacre" in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, a humanitarian hub in the Darfur region. The city had until recently been relatively unaffected by fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF),