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“If the Muslim world remains silent as Palestinians face extermination,” he said in a speech in March, “it will only embolden America and Israel to commit further atrocities.”

Reports since El-Fasher's fall have raised fears of a return to similar atrocities.

Deadly cycles of tit-for-tat attacks have also seen thousands killed, but atrocities have been committed on both sides and human rights group say there is no evidence that Christians have been disproportionately targeted.

Germany's foreign minister described the situation in Sudan as "apocalyptic" on Saturday as reports of atrocities emerged after El-Fasher fell to paramilitaries, with Britain's top diplomat also bemoaning the crisis.

Sudan’s military has condemned the atrocities, accusing the RSF of massacring civilians.