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Over 36,000 individuals have escaped Sudan's Kordofan territory eastern sector of Darfur starting Saturday, as reported by the UN's migration agency.

The strategic central area connecting 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 armed forces and the paramilitary group.

Significant Displacement Statistics

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

The people, mainly traveling by foot, moved toward Tawila, a town to the west of El Fasher that is currently housing over 652,000 displaced people.

Escalated Troop Concentration

Citizens of North Kordofan on Monday noted a significant increase in both RSF and army presence across communities throughout the state.

Both military groups are competing 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 gathered at the Bara front here," said an RSF member in a recently distributed video statement.

Regional Citizens Detail Security Concerns

A area citizen 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, concerned about confrontations," the individual explained.

Another resident, who requested anonymity for safety concerns, also indicated that "there has been a big increase in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the previous fortnight.

International Concerns and Requests

A senior UN official raised the alarm last week about "large-scale atrocities" and "ethnic-based retaliations" by RSF in Bara.

The official cautioned about patterns echoing those in Darfur, where RSF militants have been alleged to commit mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against certain racial groups.

The religious leader on Sunday appealed for an immediate ceasefire and the creation of relief routes in Sudan, declaring 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 engage with the militia organization.

The ambassador further urged the global community to designate the group as a terrorist group.