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In excess of 36,000 individuals have fled Sudan's Kordofan area east of Darfur beginning Saturday, as reported by the UN's immigration body.

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

Massive Evacuation Figures

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

The civilians, primarily walking, headed to Tawila, a town western side of El Fasher that is currently accommodating more than 652,000 displaced people.

Increased Troop Concentration

Local inhabitants of North Kordofan on Monday reported a heavy surge in both RSF and army presence across towns and villages throughout the state.

Both armed factions 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 gathered at the Bara front here," commented an RSF member in a recently circulated video message.

Local Citizens Detail Safety Fears

A resident of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, stated that the quantity of RSF vehicles had risen considerably since the group's capture of El Fasher.

"We stopped going to our farms, afraid of confrontations," the local explained.

Another resident, who asked to remain unnamed 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.

Global Alarms and Requests

A senior UN official sounded warnings last week about "large-scale atrocities" and "race-driven revenge attacks" by RSF in Bara.

The representative warned of patterns echoing those in Darfur, where RSF combatants have been alleged to commit mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against specific ethnic communities.

The spiritual head on Sunday appealed for an prompt truce and the establishment of aid passageways in Sudan, saying that attacks on civilians and obstacles to humanitarian aid "are producing unacceptable suffering."

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

The representative further encouraged the world nations to categorize the group as a terrorist entity.