Local residents take part in a demonstration in Omdurman on Oct. 31, 2025, to protest against the Rapid Support Forces’ reported "atrocities” in al-Fasher in western Sudan. (Credit: Ebrahim Hamid/AFP)
Tens of thousands of Sudanese civilians have fled towns and villages in a sprawling region east of Darfur, the United Nations said, just over a week after paramilitary forces overran the city of El-Fasher.
The U.N.'s migration agency said in a statement late Sunday that an estimated 36,825 people have fled five localities in North Kordofan, a region a few hundred kilometres east of Darfur, where the Rapid Support Forces captured the last major army stronghold last week.
Tens of thousands of Sudanese civilians have fled towns and villages in a sprawling region east of Darfur, the United Nations said, just over a week after paramilitary forces overran the city of El-Fasher.
The U.N.'s migration agency said in a statement late Sunday that an estimated 36,825 people have fled five localities in North Kordofan, a region a few hundred kilometres east of Darfur, where the Rapid Support Forces captured the last major army stronghold last week.
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