More than 1,600 Sudanese civilians fled the town of Kertala in South Kordofan in a single day as insecurity escalated alongside rising abuses by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The United Nations agency said on Sunday that field teams from its Displacement Tracking Matrix estimated that 1,625 people left Kertala on November 28 because of worsening security conditions linked to RSF violations.

This latest wave of displacement follows RSF attacks, supported by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), on several villages in South Kordofan, including the abduction of young people for forced recruitment.

The three Kordofan states – North, West and South – have seen weeks of fierce fighting between the

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