"Sadiq was able to convince the RSF fighters who are fighting the regular army known as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to allow his family and his brother's family to flee town. They were among nearly 39,000 people uprooted from the vast Kordofan region due to a sharp uptick in violence between October 26 and November 9, according to the United Nations."
"Many of those displaced from Bara ended up with relatives or in open-air camps in North Kordofan's capital, el-Obeid, a city about 59 kilometres (36 miles) east. El-Obeid is controlled by the SAF, which has been at war with the RSF since April 2023. The city is home to the SAF's strategic airbase and operates as an important buffer to protect Sudan's capital, Khartoum, according to analysts."
On October 25 RSF fighters stormed Bara in North Kordofan, raiding homes for loot and abducting women and girls. Residents reported fighters sought women and targeted men of fighting age for suspected army sympathies; local monitors and Sudan's Doctor's Network reported dozens of civilian deaths. A resident, Sadiq Ahmed, refused to surrender his daughters and negotiated safe passage for two families, who joined nearly 39,000 people uprooted across Kordofan between October 26 and November 9. Many displaced people moved to relatives or open-air camps in el-Obeid, a SAF-controlled city that hosts a strategic airbase and buffers Khartoum.
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