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Over 36,000 people have evacuated from Sudan's Kordofan territory east of Darfur starting Saturday, as stated by the UN's migration agency.

The important central zone connecting the country's Darfur areas and the Khartoum-Riverine area has over recent weeks become the recent fighting area in the 24-month civil conflict between the Sudanese military forces and the paramilitary group.

Significant Evacuation Figures

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

The individuals, primarily walking, traveled to Tawila, a town to the west of El Fasher that is currently accommodating in excess of 652,000 displaced people.

Escalated Military Presence

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

Both forces are competing for control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan provincial capital and a key logistics and command center that connects Darfur to Khartoum.

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

Local Citizens Report Security Concerns

A local inhabitant of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, described that the amount of RSF vehicles had risen significantly since the group's takeover of El Fasher.

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

Another civilian, who asked to remain unnamed for security reasons, also indicated that "there has been a substantial growth in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the previous fortnight.

International Warnings and Appeals

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

The official warned of patterns comparable to patterns 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 urged an prompt truce and the opening of aid passageways in Sudan, stating that attacks on civilians and impediments to humanitarian aid "are causing unacceptable suffering."

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

The ambassador further called on the world nations to designate the group as a terrorist organisation.