Over Nine Hundred People Displaced from South Kordofan in Sudan
The UN agency's displacement monitoring units documented mass exodus from multiple population centers between December 11 and 13, with 365 people evacuating Kadugli city as the security environment collapsed, according to separate IOM statements.
An additional 85 residents abandoned the town of al-Kuwayk in South Kordofan's eastern countryside during the identical timeframe, the organization confirmed.
The city of Dilling witnessed another 455 people fleeing within the same 72-hour window driven by intensifying insecurity, IOM data revealed.
Displaced families scattered across several destinations, predominantly relocating to North Kordofan state, with others seeking refuge in White Nile state to the south and Khartoum state in Sudan's central region, the organization noted.
The IOM characterized conditions as highly volatile and tense, stating it continues closely tracking ground-level developments.
This surge in forced displacement coincides with escalating combat between Sudan's national military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), alongside their allied faction, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N).
UN data indicates that more than 41,000 people abandoned North and South Kordofan in November alone as violence surged.
The three Kordofan provinces—North, West, and South—have endured weeks of brutal warfare between army forces and the RSF, driving tens of thousands into flight.
Across Sudan's 18 states, the RSF maintains territorial control over all five Darfur region states in the western sector, excluding certain northern sections of North Darfur still held by government troops. The army dominates most territory across the remaining 13 states spanning southern, northern, eastern, and central areas, including capital city Khartoum.
The armed confrontation between Sudan's military and the RSF, which ignited in April 2023, has since resulted in thousands of fatalities and displaced millions more.
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