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Overview
- The security situation in Kordofan has deteriorated since 1 December, when, after a week of heavy fighting, the RSF reportedly seized control of the SAF’s 22nd Division Base in Babanusa, West Kordofan. In South Kordofan, civilians remain trapped in besieged cities such as Kadugli and Dilling, and as women, children, and the elderly find ways to escape, men and youth are often left behind due to specific high risks they face along flight routes such as detention by armed groups for perceived affiliation with parties to the conflict. More than 40,000 are displaced from North Kordofan as of 18 November. UNHCR, through partners on the ground, is responding to the urgent needs of those displaced, but access remains challenging, and resources are critically low.
- Interviews with newly displaced families in Ad Dabbah, Northern State, confirm that some civilians are still trapped in El Fasher, North Darfur. Many cannot leave because of exorbitant transportation costs, ransom demands, and the absence of safe passage. Conditions in El Fasher are dire, with famine confirmed and families unable to afford what little food is available. According to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), more than 106,000 people were displaced from El Fasher town and surrounding villages to other Darfur states, Northern, West Kordofan and White Nile as of late November.
- An inter-agency assessment in Tendalti, White Nile State, revealed severe overcrowding in two pre-existing IDP camps, which already hosted 2,975 households and have now received 368 additional families from Darfur and Kordofan. Up to six households are sharing a single shelter, and critical shortages persist in food, shelter, non-food items (NFIs) like sleeping mats and cooking utensils, and health services. Without food assistance, women – who make up about 70% of the population – have been forced into dangerous and exploitative work to provide for their families, leaving children alone and increasing other protection risks such family separation. According to OCHA over 13,000 have fled conflict in North Kordofan and North Darfur to White Nile State, primarily taking refuge in Ad Dwaim, Kosti, Rabak, and Tendalti.