UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Relentless violence has devastated Sudan and large-scale fighting has escalated in and around the only capital in Sudan’s western Darfur region not held by paramilitary forces, the United Nations top humanitarian official said Wednesday.

A senior United Nations official warned Wednesday that "immediate action" is needed to halt the fighting in the capital of Sudan's North Darfur region, where hundreds of thousands of civilians are at risk.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they are open for peaceful solutions to a war that has been ongoing for more than 17 months, in response to U.S. President Joe Biden's call on warring parties to re-engage in talks.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Sudan's warring parties to re-engage in negotiations to end a war that has been ongoing for more than 17 months.

President Joe Biden issued a statement on Tuesday calling for peace in Sudan and criticizing the aggressors of the war that has plagued the country for 17 months. The president blamed the actions of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces for the suffering in the country.