IOM: 3,260 families displaced from Bara locality in North Kordofan

July 1, 2025 (PEN) The United Nations Migration Organization announced that 3,260 families were displaced between June 26 and 29, 2025, from several villages in Bara locality in North Kordofan state, due to escalating insecurity in the area.

According to the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) field monitoring teams, the affected areas included the villages of: Umm Jarfa, Dakhla, Salimi, Umm Sayoun, Ratbat, Naziha, Samniya, Hay Hamad, Manqara, Umm Turkish, Habuba, and Al Markha.

Reports indicated that the displaced families headed to the localities of Shikan and Umm Dam Haj Ahmed in North Kordofan, the locality of Abbasiya in South Kordofan, the localities of Tendalti and Kosti in White Nile State, and the locality of Omdurman in Khartoum State.