Over 36,000 Sudanese citizens have fled after capture of El Fasher to paramilitary group, states UN agency
Over 36,000 civilians have fled Sudan's Kordofan area eastern sector of Darfur since Saturday, as reported by the UN's migration agency.
The strategic central area between the country's Darfur provinces and the capital region has over recent weeks become the latest battleground in the extended civil war between the Sudanese army and the militia group.
Massive Evacuation Numbers
An calculated 36,825 people evacuated from five areas in North Kordofan region between 26 October and 31 October, per data from the International Organization for Migration.
The civilians, primarily walking, headed to Tawila, a town west of El Fasher that is currently sheltering over 652,000 displaced people.
Heightened Forces Deployment
Residents of North Kordofan on Monday described a substantial rise in both RSF and army concentration across communities throughout the state.
Both forces are competing for control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan regional capital and a critical supply and command hub that connects Darfur to Khartoum.
"Today, all our forces have converged on the Bara front here," commented an RSF member in a recently shared video declaration.
Local Inhabitants Detail Security Concerns
A area citizen of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, described that the quantity of RSF vehicles had grown substantially since the group's capture of El Fasher.
"We ceased visiting our farms, afraid of clashes," the resident stated.
Another resident, who asked to remain unnamed for safety concerns, also confirmed that "there has been a big increase 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 "extensive crimes" and "ethnically motivated reprisals" by RSF in Bara.
The representative alerted to patterns similar to those in Darfur, where RSF combatants have been charged with mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against specific ethnic communities.
The church leader on Sunday called for an prompt truce and the opening of relief routes in Sudan, saying that attacks on civilians and impediments to humanitarian aid "are producing unacceptable suffering."
Sudan's ambassador to Egypt on Sunday charged RSF of carrying out war crimes in El Fasher and announced that the Sudanese government would not negotiate with the militia organization.
The diplomat further called on the world nations to categorize the group as a terrorist organisation.
