More than 10,000 people were displaced over the course of three days this week in Sudan’s North Darfur and South Kordofan states, amid ongoing fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
On Sunday, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that more than 7,000 people fled the towns of Umm Buro and Krenoi in North Darfur, which were taken over by the RSF a few days ago.
In South Kordofan, more than 3,000 people fled the city of Kadugli, which is besieged by the RSF but remains under army control, while residents are suffering from famine, according to the United Nations.
Also in South Kordofan, fires destroyed 45 shelters for displaced people after breaking out in the Abu Jubaiha area.
Last Wednesday, the RSF announced that it had taken control of the towns of Abu Qumra and Umm Buro in North Darfur. Local sources told Agence France-Presse that RSF fighters have advanced toward areas inhabited by the Zaghawa tribe along Sudan’s northwestern border, with clashes intensifying in the region.
Fighting has escalated in Kordofan’s cities over recent months after the RSF consolidated its grip over the entire neighboring Darfur region, following its takeover of El Fasher in October.
The Sudanese army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, led by former deputy leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, have been fighting since April 2023, causing what the United Nations has described as “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.”
Since the start of the war, more than 11 million people have been displaced inside and outside Sudan, with large numbers living in overcrowded camps or remote towns suffering from severe shortages of food, medicine, and clean water.
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