More than 200,000 newly displaced in Sudan’s Kordofan region

Intensified fighting in Sudan has displaced at least 200,000 people in the Kordofan region since late last year.

[Dabanga] El Obeid / Sheikan Locality / Heiban Locality -- More than 200,000 people have been displaced across Sudan's Kordofan region since the end of 2025 as fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Intensifying fighting in Sudan has displaced at least another 200,000 people since late 2025, while destructive seasonal floods are compounding the massive humanitarian emergency there, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.