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More than 36,000 civilians have evacuated from Sudan's Kordofan region eastern sector of Darfur starting Saturday, as stated by the UN's migration organization.

The strategic central area between the country's Darfur regions and the capital region has during recent weeks become the recent fighting area in the two-year civil war between the Sudanese army and the militia group.

Massive Displacement Statistics

An estimated 36,825 people fled five districts in North Kordofan region between 26 October and 31 October, as reported by the International Organization for Migration.

The individuals, primarily walking, headed to Tawila, a town to the west of El Fasher that is currently housing more than 652,000 displaced people.

Escalated Troop Concentration

Local inhabitants of North Kordofan on Monday described a substantial rise in both RSF and army deployment across urban and rural areas throughout the state.

Both armed factions are vying for control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan regional capital and a critical supply and command hub that joins Darfur to Khartoum.

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

Area Inhabitants Report Security Concerns

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

"We discontinued traveling to our farms, afraid of clashes," the local explained.

Another resident, who sought confidentiality for protection purposes, also confirmed that "there has been a significant rise in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the previous fortnight.

International Concerns and Calls

A senior UN official raised the alarm last week about "large-scale atrocities" 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 non-Arab ethnic groups.

The religious leader on Sunday called for an prompt truce and the creation of humanitarian corridors in Sudan, saying that attacks on civilians and obstacles to humanitarian aid "are producing unacceptable suffering."

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

The representative further called on the world nations to classify the group as a terrorist organisation.