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

The strategic central area connecting the country's Darfur provinces and the capital region has during recent weeks become the recent fighting area in the two-year civil war between the Sudanese military forces and the paramilitary group.

Massive Displacement Numbers

An estimated 36,825 people evacuated from five districts in North Kordofan state between 26 October and 31 October, per data from the International Organization for Migration.

The people, primarily walking, traveled to Tawila, a town west of El Fasher that is currently accommodating over 652,000 evacuated individuals.

Increased Troop Concentration

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

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

"Today, all our forces have converged on the Bara front here," stated an RSF member in a recently circulated video statement.

Regional Citizens Describe Safety Fears

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

"We stopped going to our farms, concerned about clashes," the individual commented.

Another civilian, who requested anonymity for security reasons, also reported that "there has been a significant rise in army vehicles and weapons west and south of El Obeid" over the last fourteen days.

International Alarms and Calls

A senior UN official raised the alarm last week about "extensive crimes" and "race-driven revenge attacks" by RSF in Bara.

The representative alerted to patterns comparable to patterns in Darfur, where RSF fighters have been charged with mass killings, sexual violence and abductions against specific ethnic communities.

The spiritual head on Sunday appealed for an quick cessation of hostilities and the establishment of aid passageways in Sudan, saying that attacks on civilians and impediments to humanitarian aid "are causing unacceptable suffering."

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

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