At least 36,000 Sudanese citizens have fled since capture of El Fasher to RSF, reports UN agency
Over 36,000 people have evacuated from Sudan's Kordofan area eastern sector of Darfur since Saturday, as reported by the UN's immigration body.
The key central region separating the country's Darfur areas and the capital region has over recent weeks become the recent fighting area in the extended civil war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary forces.
Massive Evacuation Statistics
An estimated 36,825 people fled five districts in North Kordofan state between 26 October and 31 October, as reported by the International Organization for Migration.
The people, most on foot, headed to Tawila, a town western side of El Fasher that is currently accommodating over 652,000 displaced people.
Heightened Forces Deployment
Citizens of North Kordofan on Monday noted a substantial rise in both RSF and army concentration across urban and rural areas throughout the state.
Both forces are contesting control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan provincial capital and a critical supply and command center that connects Darfur to Khartoum.
"Today, all our forces have gathered at the Bara front here," stated an RSF member in a recently shared video message.
Area Citizens Describe Protection Issues
A area citizen of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, stated that the number of RSF vehicles had risen considerably since the group's seizure of El Fasher.
"We discontinued traveling to our farms, afraid of confrontations," the local stated.
Another civilian, who asked to remain unnamed for security reasons, also indicated that "there has been a significant rise in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the past two weeks.
World Alarms and Calls
A senior UN official expressed concerns last week about "large-scale atrocities" and "race-driven revenge attacks" by RSF in Bara.
The official alerted to patterns similar to those in Darfur, where RSF militants have been accused of mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against non-Arab ethnic groups.
The church leader on Sunday urged an prompt truce and the establishment of relief routes in Sudan, stating that attacks on civilians and impediments to humanitarian aid "are causing unacceptable suffering."
Sudan's diplomatic representative to Egypt on Sunday charged RSF of perpetrating war crimes in El Fasher and declared that the Sudanese government would not negotiate with the militia organization.
The ambassador further called on the international community to categorize the group as a terrorist organisation.
