France, July 4 -- Mass killings and starvation threaten hundreds of thousands of people trapped in El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur, as fighting closes in, the charity Doctors Without Borders has warned its latest report.

The medical NGO, known by its French name Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), said a full-scale attack could lead to more bloodshed, as seen in the massacres that struck other parts of Darfur last year.

Its report, published on Thursday, documents killings, sexual violence, looting and attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allies.

"People are not only caught in indiscriminate heavy fighting between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces and their respective allies - bu...