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In excess of 36,000 individuals have evacuated from Sudan's Kordofan area east of Darfur beginning Saturday, as stated by the UN's migration agency.

The important central zone separating the country's Darfur areas and the Khartoum-Riverine area has during recent weeks become the recent fighting area in the extended civil war between the Sudanese armed forces and the militia group.

Significant Displacement Figures

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

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

Escalated Military Presence

Residents of North Kordofan on Monday described a significant increase 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 state capital and a critical supply and command center that links Darfur to Khartoum.

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

Regional Citizens Detail Protection Issues

A local inhabitant of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, reported that the number of RSF vehicles had grown substantially since the group's takeover of El Fasher.

"We discontinued traveling to our farms, fearing clashes," the resident explained.

Another inhabitant, who asked to remain unnamed for protection purposes, also reported that "there has been a significant rise in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the previous fortnight.

World Concerns and Appeals

A senior UN official expressed concerns last week about "widespread abuses" and "race-driven revenge attacks" by RSF in Bara.

The official alerted to patterns echoing those in Darfur, where RSF militants have been alleged to commit mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against specific ethnic communities.

The religious leader on Sunday urged an immediate ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors in Sudan, declaring that attacks on civilians and hindrances to humanitarian aid "are producing unacceptable suffering."

Sudan's official envoy to Egypt on Sunday charged RSF of committing war crimes in El Fasher and announced that the Sudanese government would not negotiate with the paramilitary group.

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