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Over 36,000 civilians have evacuated from Sudan's Kordofan territory eastern part of Darfur starting Saturday, as reported by the UN's immigration body.

The key central region separating the country's Darfur provinces and the Khartoum-Riverine region has in recent weeks become the newest conflict zone in the extended civil war between the Sudanese military forces and the militia group.

Massive Displacement Statistics

An estimated 36,825 people evacuated from five areas in North Kordofan state between 26 October and 31 October, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The civilians, mainly traveling by foot, moved toward Tawila, a town to the west of El Fasher that is currently accommodating over 652,000 refugees.

Increased Forces Deployment

Local inhabitants of North Kordofan on Monday noted a substantial rise in both RSF and army concentration across communities throughout the state.

Both military groups are contesting control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan provincial capital and a critical supply and command center that joins Darfur to Khartoum.

"Today, all our forces have assembled at the Bara front here," commented an RSF member in a recently shared video statement.

Regional Inhabitants Report Security Concerns

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 stopped going to our farms, fearing confrontations," the resident explained.

Another inhabitant, who sought confidentiality for safety concerns, also indicated that "there has been a big increase in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the last fourteen days.

World Alarms and Appeals

A senior UN official raised the alarm last week about "large-scale atrocities" and "ethnically motivated reprisals" by RSF in Bara.

The representative alerted to patterns comparable to patterns in Darfur, where RSF fighters have been accused of mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against specific ethnic communities.

The church leader on Sunday urged an prompt truce and the creation of aid passageways in Sudan, saying that attacks on civilians and obstacles to humanitarian aid "are creating unacceptable suffering."

Sudan's official envoy to Egypt on Sunday accused RSF of perpetrating war crimes in El Fasher and announced that the Sudanese government would not engage with the militia organization.

The diplomat further encouraged the international community to designate the group as a terrorist organisation.