Thousands flee Sudan’s Kordofan fighting for relative safety of El Obeid

Thousands flee Sudan’s Kordofan fighting for relative safety of El Obeid.

[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.