KHARTOUM, Sudan/ ISTANBUL

Insecurity has forced nearly 400 more civilians in Sudan to flee the the cities of Kadugli and Dilling in South Kordofan state in two days, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday.

In a statement, the UN agency said its field teams estimated the displacement of 125 people from Kadugli and 270 people from Dilling in South Kordofan state due to deteriorating security conditions on Jan. 11 and 12.

It added that the displaced people moved to areas in White Nile state.

Kadugli and Dilling have been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their ally, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North, since the early months of the war more than two years ago, and have been subjected to repeated artillery shelling and drone attacks.

Last week, the IOM said that the number of displaced people in the three Kordofan states had risen to 64,890 between Oct. 25 and Dec. 30, 2025.

Of Sudan’s 18 states, the RSF controls all five states of the Darfur region in the west, except for some northern parts of North Darfur that remain under army control. The army, in turn, holds most areas of the remaining 13 states in the south, north, east and center, including the capital Khartoum.

The conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which began in April 2023, has since killed thousands of people and displaced millions of others.