Khartoum: At least 1,730 people have been displaced in Sudan's North Kordofan and North Darfur states due to escalating insecurity and ongoing armed clashes across the country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Sunday.

According to Anadolu Agency, the UN agency reported that its field teams estimated that 230 people fled from the Al-Mazroub area in North Kordofan last Thursday due to deteriorating security conditions. On Friday, Sudanese authorities announced the killing of a tribal chief and several local elders in North Kordofan following an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), although the group denied any involvement.

The IOM further stated that 1,500 more people were displaced from the Abu Gamra area in North Darfur and moved to several locations in the Kornoi area, where the situation remains 'highly tense and unstable.' On Saturday, Darfur regional governor Minni Arko Minnawi announced that joint forces of armed movements allied with the Sudanese army had achieved victory over the RSF in Abu Gamra, regaining control of the area.

In recent weeks, violent clashes have intensified across the three Kordofan states-North, West, and South-between the Sudanese army and the RSF, amid the civil war that has raged since mid-April 2023. The RSF's territorial control has sharply declined across Sudan as the army expanded its advances, regaining ground in Khartoum and White Nile State.

The ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which began in April 2023, has resulted in the deaths of more than 20,000 people and the displacement of 14 million, according to the UN and local authorities. However, research from US universities suggests the death toll may be around 130,000.