More than 4,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in Sudan’s North Kordofan state as deteriorating security conditions continue to threaten civilians, according to the International Organization for Migration.
The IOM said its Displacement Tracking Matrix estimated that approximately 4,250 people fled the villages of Um Arda, Tamid and Al-Khor Al-Abyad in Shikan locality on August 14 and 15. The displaced families moved to safer locations elsewhere in Shikan locality as well as to Omdurman, west of the capital Khartoum.
The UN migration agency warned that the security situation remains unstable and unpredictable. It said its teams were continuing to monitor developments and assess the humanitarian consequences of the fighting.
The displacement followed reports of deadly violence in the region. Emergency Lawyers, an independent rights organization, reported that 14 civilians were killed and dozens more injured during an attack allegedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces in the Um Arda area.
Sudanese military sources separately said that the army had successfully repelled an RSF assault near Jebel Hashaba and Um Arda, southwest of El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan. The army also reported preventing another RSF attack in the Jabra Al-Sheikh area, claiming that the paramilitary forces suffered casualties and lost military equipment.
The Kordofan region, which consists of North Kordofan, West Kordofan and South Kordofan, has experienced repeated fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF since October 2025.
Sudan has been caught in a devastating conflict since April 2023, when fighting erupted between the army and the RSF over plans to integrate the paramilitary group into the regular armed forces. The prolonged war has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced around 13 million, according to UN estimates.
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