Facts

• The UN Joint Human Rights Office has received "credible reports" that at least 13 mass graves exist around the West Darfur city of El Geneina, claimed Sudan's UN envoy Volker Perthes as he announced his resignation on Wednesday.
• In his final speech to the UN Security Council, Perthes alleged that the mass graves contained victims of attacks by the paramilitary RSF and allied Arab militias on civilians and, "if verified, may constitute war crimes."
• Violence in El Geneina, located close to Sudan's border with Chad, has escalated since conflict between the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) and the Sudanese army erupted in mid-April.
• On Wednesday, at least 40 civilians were reportedly killed in an airstrike that hit two markets and several neighborhoods in Nyala, South Darfur's capital and the country's second-largest city.
• This comes after the UN Refugee Agency projected that over 1.8M people from Sudan will flee to five neighboring countries by the end of the year due to inter-communal violence.
• Since mid-April, the conflict between two military formations has reportedly killed at least 7.5K people, displaced 5M, and left more than 20M suffering from food insecurity.