KHARTOUM, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Wednesday it had flown about 100 of its own and other agencies' non-essential staff out of the main town of Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, a day after the African Union said it could be attacked.

A spokeswoman for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the 100 were a combination of U.N. workers and people from other non-government organisations who left El Fasher for the capital Khartoum on Tuesday night.

"This is due to the rising tension in the town," she said. "If the tension subsides we will go back in. If it gets worse we can pull more people out. We are prepared to take more flights today."

The African Union said on Tuesday it had information that a coalition of rebel groups could attack its force in the town within 24 hours.

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