Over 36,000 Sudanese people have evacuated following fall of El Fasher to paramilitary group, states UN agency

Over 36,000 individuals have escaped Sudan's Kordofan area eastern sector of Darfur starting Saturday, as stated by the UN's migration agency.

The important central zone connecting the country's Darfur provinces and the capital region has during recent weeks become the newest conflict zone in the 24-month civil conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary forces.

Massive Exodus Figures

An estimated 36,825 people fled five localities in North Kordofan region between 26 October and 31 October, per data from the International Organization for Migration.

The civilians, mainly traveling by foot, traveled to Tawila, a town west of El Fasher that is currently accommodating more than 652,000 evacuated individuals.

Increased Military Presence

Citizens of North Kordofan on Monday described a substantial rise in both RSF and army concentration across towns and villages throughout the state.

Both forces are vying for control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan provincial capital and a important strategic and command center that connects Darfur to Khartoum.

"Today, all our forces have gathered at the Bara front here," said an RSF member in a recently distributed video message.

Area Inhabitants Describe Security Concerns

A local inhabitant of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, described that the amount of RSF vehicles had risen substantially since the group's seizure of El Fasher.

"We stopped going to our farms, concerned about fighting," the individual explained.

Another inhabitant, who requested anonymity for safety concerns, also confirmed that "there has been a significant rise in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the previous fortnight.

World Warnings and Requests

A senior UN official raised the alarm last week about "widespread abuses" and "ethnically motivated reprisals" by RSF in Bara.

The diplomat cautioned about patterns echoing 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 appealed for an prompt truce and the creation of relief routes in Sudan, declaring that attacks on civilians and obstacles to humanitarian aid "are producing unacceptable suffering."

Sudan's official envoy to Egypt on Sunday accused RSF of perpetrating war crimes in El Fasher and stated that the Sudanese government would not discuss with the armed faction.

The ambassador further called on the global community to classify the group as a terrorist group.