KHARTOUM, Feb 10, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - More than 100,000 people have fled 
Sudan's embattled Kordofan since October, the United Nations said on Tuesday, 
as fighting escalates across the vast southern region.

Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a brutal war between the 
Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced over 11 
million and triggered what the UN describes as one of the world's worst 
humanitarian crises.

Data from the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday 
showed that an estimated 115,223 people were displaced from Kordofan between 
October 25 and February 5.

The surge followed more than 80 violent incidents recorded across North, 
South and West Kordofan states, the UN agency said.

The exodus from the southern region came after the RSF shifted its focus 
there, following its takeover of El-Fasher -- the Sudanese army's last 
stronghold in the neighbouring Darfur region -- in October.

The capture of El-Fasher, which forced at least 127,000 people to flee, was 
accompanied by reports of mass killings, rape, abductions and widespread 
looting.

The UN has repeatedly warned that similar atrocities could unfold in 
Kordofan, which has now emerged as a key battleground in the wider war.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Monday that nearly 100 civilians 
were killed and 142 injured in drone strikes in Kordofan in the two weeks 
leading up to February 6.

He said strikes by both warring parties hit targets including a World Food 
Programme convoy, markets, health facilities and residential areas across 
North and South Kordofan.

Kordofan is strategically located between RSF-controlled Darfur to the west 
and the army-held Nile Valley to the east, north and centre -- a position 
that has left it increasingly exposed as both sides vie for control.