New York: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that over 7,000 people were forced to flee the towns of Um Buru and Karnoi in North Darfur after they were seized by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) earlier this week. The displacement comes amid what the agency described as rapidly worsening security conditions.
In South Kordofan, more than 3,000 people have fled the city of Kadugli, which remains under army control but is besieged by RSF forces. The region is already grappling with famine, compounding the suffering of civilians caught in the conflict. Adding to the crisis, fires destroyed 45 shelters for displaced families in the Abu Jubaiha area of South Kordofan.
IOM field teams also recorded the displacement of 780 people from the city of Dilling in South Kordofan between Wednesday and Friday, while an additional 510 people were forced to flee the village of Al-Sanjouqi in North Kordofan’s Umm Dam Haj Ahmed district due to growing insecurity.
The situation remains highly tense and volatile. The RSF has announced that it has taken control of the towns of Abu Qumra and Umm Buru in North Darfur, with its forces advancing toward Zaghawa tribal areas along Sudan’s northwestern border, further escalating clashes.
Sudan’s humanitarian crisis has been deepening since the conflict between the army and the RSF erupted in April 2023. The war has claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced an estimated 13 million people, making it one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing displacement emergencies.