"More than 4,500 people have fled Sudan's North Kordofan state as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) escalate their violent attacks against civilians there and in neighbouring North Darfur's el-Fasher, a Sudanese medical organisation says. Field reports from the Sudan Doctors Network (SDN) on Friday indicated that nearly 2,000 people have successfully travelled from the Bara locality, which the RSF recaptured last week, to the state capital of el-Obeid, about 60km (37 miles) to the south."
"Day by day, we see an increase in the intensity of aggression from the RSF forces towards the civilians, people in North Kordofan and Darfur, said Mohammed Elsheikh, SDN spokesman. They've been executing people randomly on ethnic basis, on the streets. They've been doing very violating acts towards these civilians, he said. He called the situation in Bara one of the major humanitarian crises in Sudan."
"The city of Bara has been a key node of fighting between the RSF and the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for months. In July, the RSF raided and set fire to North Kordofan villages in an attack that killed nearly 300 people, including children and pregnant women. SAF took control of Bara in mid-September, but by last week, it was back in the hands of the RSF."
More than 4,500 people fled North Kordofan after renewed RSF attacks, with nearly 2,000 reaching el-Obeid about 60 km south. Many remain en route facing acute shortages of food, water and shelter. Bara has been a focal point of prolonged fighting between RSF and Sudanese Armed Forces, with RSF raids in July killing nearly 300 civilians including children and pregnant women. Control of Bara shifted to SAF in mid-September and returned to RSF last week. RSF violence has included random ethnic executions, summary killings and sexual violence, producing a major humanitarian crisis and mass displacement.
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