News Center - The three Kordofan states — North, West, and South — have recently witnessed an escalation in clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), amid the ongoing armed conflict between the two sides since mid-April 2023.

In a statement issued on Sunday, October 19, the IOM revealed that its field teams monitoring displacement movements recorded the departure of 230 people from the Mazroub area, west of Bara city in North Kordofan, last Thursday, due to rising insecurity.

The statement added that these displaced individuals moved to various locations within the West Bara area, noting that the situation there remains tense and unstable.

In a separate statement, the organization confirmed that 1,500 people fled from the Abu Qumra area in North Darfur State, also last Thursday, due to worsening insecurity.

Local reports indicated that at least 171 Sudanese children and 58 elderly people have died in the city of Al-Fashir, located in North Darfur, due to severe hunger and food shortages since the end of August. This tragic situation is attributed to the siege imposed by the Rapid Support Forces on the city, which has completely halted the delivery of food and humanitarian aid.

Since the beginning of the siege on Al-Fashir, the number of civilian casualties has risen to 675 dead and 1,464 injured, amid humanitarian conditions described by human rights organizations as “catastrophic.”