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Over 36,000 individuals have fled Sudan's Kordofan region eastern sector of Darfur beginning Saturday, as stated by the UN's migration agency.

The strategic central area connecting the country's Darfur areas and the Khartoum-Riverine area has during recent weeks become the latest battleground in the extended civil war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group.

Massive Evacuation Figures

An estimated 36,825 people fled five districts in North Kordofan province between 26 October and 31 October, according to the International Organization for Migration.

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

Heightened Forces Deployment

Citizens of North Kordofan on Monday reported a substantial rise in both RSF and army concentration across urban and rural areas throughout the state.

Both forces are competing for control of El Obeid, the North Kordofan provincial capital and a key logistics 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.

Local Inhabitants Report Security Concerns

A area citizen of Um Smeima, located west of El Obeid, reported that the amount of RSF vehicles had grown significantly since the group's capture of El Fasher.

"We stopped going to our farms, fearing fighting," the individual commented.

Another inhabitant, who asked to remain unnamed for safety concerns, also reported that "there has been a big increase in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the last fourteen days.

Global Concerns and Requests

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

The representative cautioned about patterns echoing those in Darfur, where RSF militants have been accused of mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against non-Arab ethnic groups.

The church leader on Sunday appealed for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of relief routes in Sudan, saying that attacks on civilians and impediments to humanitarian aid "are creating unacceptable suffering."

Sudan's ambassador to Egypt on Sunday accused RSF of perpetrating war crimes in El Fasher and declared that the Sudanese government would not negotiate with the militia organization.

The representative further urged the world nations to categorize the group as a terrorist entity.