Hundreds of Sudanese flee south Kordofan amid rising insecurity
IOM field teams estimated that 1,040 people left the village, relocating to multiple sites across the Eastern Rural and Kadugli localities in South Kordofan. The agency warned that conditions in the region remain highly unstable.
Earlier, the IOM noted that at least 1,455 people had fled South Kordofan over the previous three days amid rising violence. This latest displacement follows attacks by the RSF, reportedly backed by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) under Abdelaziz al-Hilu, targeting several villages in the state.
Heavy clashes in Sudan’s three Kordofan states—North, West, and South—between the Sudanese army and the RSF in recent weeks have displaced tens of thousands. The RSF now controls all five Darfur states, while the army maintains control over most of the other 13 states, including Khartoum. Though Darfur constitutes roughly one-fifth of Sudan’s territory, the majority of the country’s 50 million people live in army-held areas.
Since the conflict began in April 2023, the fighting between the army and RSF has killed at least 40,000 people and displaced around 12 million, according to the World Health Organization.
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