Last month, El Fasher endured multiple attacks, including one that targeted the only functional hospital, leaving civilians vulnerable to disease outbreaks.
Some families took shelter at the mission in June last year, hoping for protection from its concrete roof. But the area soon became cut off as the RSF pressed to capture the strategic Armoured Corps camp.
OCHA warns that the cumulative impact of these obstacles is causing delays and disruptions to planned humanitarian operations.
The RSF has since taken over most of Khartoum, the central farming state Gezira and the vast western Darfur region, as well as many parts of the Kordofan regions to the south.
The meeting serves as a crucial response to the crisis and highlights the AU's delayed efforts in addressing one of Africa's largest humanitarian issues.
The Sudanese representative to the United Nations, Al-Harith Idris, reiterated accusations against the United Arab Emirates for supporting the "Rapid Support Forces".
The war that erupted last April between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered political instability, a severe humanitarian emergency and widespread human rights violations.
Ali Yagoub was a leading commander for the RSF in al-Fashir, the last major city in Darfur that was not under the RSF's control.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accused of committing war crimes against civilians, have been a focal point of international concern.
The RSF and the Sudanese Army have been battling for more than a year, and fighting in El Fasher has been escalating in recent months.
Supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the South Hospital was the only remaining facility in the city where injured civilians could receive treatment.
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 war between the Sudanese army and the RSF which began in April 2023.
Since May 10, 2024, El-Fasher has witnessed intense clashes between the SAF and the RSF, resulting in significant civilian casualties and mass displacement.
Large numbers of Sudanese army personnel crossed the Halfaya Bridge, which links Omdurman and Khartoum Bahri, early in the morning, and moved far into Khartoum North after demolishing RSF positions on the eastern side of the bridge.
Tuesday's event was attended by Egyptian, EU and foundation officials, including the foundation's director and the deputy governor of Cairo.
The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) has made this call, noting that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) "has been waging a constant siege on the city" since May 11.
Nkweta-Salami highlighted the dire situation in Al Fasher, where clashes have intensified despite numerous pleas to conflicting parties to avoid combat in the city.
The atrocities and discrimination that 29-year-old Jamal Abdallah Khamis faced as a member of West Darfur’s Massalit community led him to become a human rights defender.
The desperation from the war was highlighted at the Aswan International Women Film Festival through five Sudanese short films.
The conflict has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis, and clashes have killed nearly 16,000 people and displaced millions.