🔗 Share this article More than 36,000 Sudanese people have escaped after capture of El Fasher to RSF, says UN agency Over 36,000 civilians have fled Sudan's Kordofan region eastern part of Darfur beginning Saturday, as reported by the UN's immigration body. The key central region between the country's Darfur areas and the Khartoum-Riverine area has over recent weeks become the latest battleground in the two-year civil war between the Sudanese army and the militia group. Significant Displacement Numbers An calculated 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 individuals, mainly traveling by foot, moved toward Tawila, a town western side of El Fasher that is currently accommodating over 652,000 refugees. Escalated Troop Concentration Citizens of North Kordofan on Monday noted a heavy surge in both RSF and army deployment across towns and villages throughout the state. Both armed factions are vying for control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan regional capital and a critical supply and command center that links Darfur to Khartoum. "Today, all our forces have gathered at the Bara front here," said an RSF member in a recently distributed video declaration. Area Citizens Detail Protection Issues A resident of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, reported that the amount of RSF vehicles had increased significantly since the group's takeover of El Fasher. "We stopped going to our farms, afraid of clashes," the resident commented. Another inhabitant, who requested anonymity for protection purposes, also confirmed that "there has been a significant rise in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the past two weeks. World Warnings and Calls A senior UN official raised the alarm last week about "extensive crimes" and "ethnically motivated reprisals" by RSF in Bara. The diplomat alerted to patterns comparable to patterns in Darfur, where RSF combatants have been charged with mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against certain racial groups. The church leader on Sunday called for an prompt truce and the establishment of humanitarian corridors in Sudan, declaring that attacks on civilians and hindrances to humanitarian aid "are producing unacceptable suffering." Sudan's ambassador to Egypt on Sunday alleged RSF of perpetrating war crimes in El Fasher and stated that the Sudanese government would not negotiate with the armed faction. The representative further encouraged the global community to categorize the group as a terrorist group.