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Over 36,000 individuals have fled Sudan's Kordofan area eastern sector of Darfur beginning Saturday, as stated by the UN's migration organization.

The important central zone between the country's Darfur areas and the capital region has in recent weeks become the recent fighting area in the two-year civil war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary forces.

Substantial Displacement Statistics

An calculated 36,825 people fled five districts in North Kordofan province between 26 October and 31 October, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The people, most on foot, headed to Tawila, a town to the west of El Fasher that is currently accommodating more than 652,000 displaced people.

Increased Forces Deployment

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

Both armed factions are competing for control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan provincial capital and a critical supply and command base that links Darfur to Khartoum.

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

Area Citizens Detail Security Concerns

A area citizen of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, reported that the number of RSF vehicles had risen considerably since the group's takeover of El Fasher.

"We discontinued traveling to our farms, fearing fighting," the individual explained.

Another resident, who sought confidentiality for security reasons, also reported that "there has been a substantial growth 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 "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 charged with mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against non-Arab ethnic groups.

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

Sudan's diplomatic representative to Egypt on Sunday alleged RSF of carrying out war crimes in El Fasher and declared that the Sudanese government would not engage with the paramilitary group.

The representative further called on the international community to classify the group as a terrorist entity.