At least 36,000 Sudanese citizens have fled since capture of El Fasher to paramilitary group, states UN agency

In excess of 36,000 people have evacuated from Sudan's Kordofan region eastern part of Darfur starting Saturday, as stated by the UN's migration organization.

The strategic central area between the country's Darfur areas and the Khartoum-Riverine area has in recent weeks become the recent fighting area in the two-year civil war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary forces.

Significant Exodus Statistics

An estimated 36,825 people evacuated from five districts in North Kordofan province between 26 October and 31 October, as reported by the International Organization for Migration.

The individuals, primarily walking, traveled to Tawila, a town western side of El Fasher that is currently accommodating over 652,000 refugees.

Escalated Forces Deployment

Residents of North Kordofan on Monday described a substantial rise in both RSF and army concentration across urban and rural areas throughout the state.

Both military groups are competing for 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 assembled at the Bara front here," stated an RSF member in a recently shared video declaration.

Local Citizens Report Security Concerns

A resident of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, reported that the amount of RSF vehicles had risen substantially since the group's takeover of El Fasher.

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

Another civilian, who sought confidentiality for safety concerns, also reported that "there has been a significant rise in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the last fourteen days.

World Warnings and Appeals

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

The official warned of patterns similar to those in Darfur, where RSF fighters have been accused of mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against non-Arab ethnic groups.

The spiritual head on Sunday appealed for an quick cessation of hostilities and the opening of aid passageways in Sudan, saying that attacks on civilians and obstacles to humanitarian aid "are causing unacceptable suffering."

Sudan's ambassador to Egypt on Sunday charged RSF of carrying out war crimes in El Fasher and declared that the Sudanese government would not negotiate with the armed faction.

The ambassador further encouraged the world nations to designate the group as a terrorist group.