Tens of thousands of civilians have fled their homes in recent weeks as intense fighting spreads across Sudan’s southern Kordofan region, the latest front in the country’s devastating civil war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The war, which began in April 2023, has torn through multiple regions, and now fierce battles in Kordofan have forced entire communities to flee with nothing.
“We were living in the city of Babanusa when the Rapid Support Forces came and expelled us from our homes. They didn’t even allow anyone to put on their clothes; our children fled barefoot,” said displaced resident Hanan Abdallah.
The RSF has in recent weeks expanded its control over large parts of West Kordofan and intensified its siege on Kadugli and Dilling in South Kordofan, where hundreds of thousands are facing severe food shortages.
Khamisa Othman, another displaced woman, described the dire conditions faced by those fleeing. “During our escape, there was no water, no food, and no shop to buy anything from. We searched through the forests for water and found only a pond used by livestock and shepherds, so we drank from it,” she recounted.
The RSF’s advances have brought the group deeper into oil-rich Kordofan, after seizing the army’s last stronghold in neighboring Darfur in October.
The conflict has unleashed what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with both warring factions accused of war crimes, including indiscriminate attacks on civilians and obstruction of aid delivery.
Millions have been displaced nationwide, with aid agencies warning that famine looms if the fighting continues unchecked.
Source :Africanews
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