More than 36,000 Sudanese have escaped following fall of El Fasher to RSF, states UN agency

In excess of 36,000 civilians have fled Sudan's Kordofan territory east of Darfur starting Saturday, according to the UN's migration organization.

The important central zone between the country's Darfur regions and the capital region has over recent weeks become the recent fighting area in the two-year civil war between the Sudanese military forces and the militia group.

Massive Displacement Figures

An calculated 36,825 people evacuated from five districts in North Kordofan region between 26 October and 31 October, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The people, primarily walking, headed to Tawila, a town western side of El Fasher that is currently sheltering over 652,000 displaced people.

Escalated Military Presence

Residents of North Kordofan on Monday reported a heavy surge in both RSF and army presence across urban and rural areas throughout the state.

Both forces are competing for control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan state capital and a key logistics and command base that links Darfur to Khartoum.

"Today, all our forces have assembled at the Bara front here," stated an RSF member in a recently shared video message.

Regional Residents Describe Safety Fears

A area citizen of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, described that the number of RSF vehicles had risen substantially since the group's capture of El Fasher.

"We stopped going to our farms, concerned about clashes," the individual commented.

Another inhabitant, who requested anonymity for protection purposes, also indicated that "there has been a significant rise in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the last fourteen days.

Global Concerns and Calls

A senior UN official raised the alarm last week about "large-scale atrocities" and "ethnic-based retaliations" by RSF in Bara.

The diplomat cautioned about patterns comparable to patterns in Darfur, where RSF militants have been charged with mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against specific ethnic communities.

The spiritual head on Sunday called for an prompt truce and the creation of humanitarian corridors in Sudan, saying that attacks on civilians and impediments to humanitarian aid "are producing unacceptable suffering."

Sudan's diplomatic representative to Egypt on Sunday alleged RSF of carrying out war crimes in El Fasher and announced that the Sudanese government would not negotiate with the militia organization.

The representative further encouraged the global community to designate the group as a terrorist organisation.