AL-TINA – Another 721 families have arrived at displacement sites in Al-Tina locality in North Darfur in less than two weeks, as fighting, drone attacks and deteriorating security force civilians from surrounding areas to flee, a local emergency network said.

The Al-Tina Locality Emergency Rooms Council said the new families arrived between Oct. 25 and Nov. 5 and were distributed across 10 reception sites.

They joined an estimated 15,823 families already displaced in the locality, bringing the cumulative local count to at least 16,544 families, according to figures provided by the council.

The newly displaced came from several areas, including Argo, Togi, Jarbouki, Kamo, Hilaliya Sangouri, Gurbo, Heer and Shartabaya.

The council said continuing ground attacks and drone strikes had affected populated areas, villages, markets, health facilities and water infrastructure, while insecurity and communications disruptions were making humanitarian access increasingly difficult.

It also reported civilian casualties and said humanitarian workers had been among those killed during recent violence, although it did not provide detailed casualty figures.

Families arriving in Al-Tina were described as facing urgent shortages of food, clean water, shelter and healthcare, with many having fled without adequate belongings.

Women, children, older people and people with disabilities face heightened protection risks because of overcrowded and temporary living conditions, the group said.

The council warned that damage to water sources and health facilities was worsening conditions for displaced communities while rising costs and the loss of livelihoods were leaving many families unable to meet basic needs.

It called on the United Nations, international and local humanitarian organizations and donors to urgently provide shelter materials, food assistance, safe drinking water, healthcare and protection services.

The group also called for assistance to evacuate civilians stranded in dangerous areas and for safe medical referrals for the wounded.

The figures and details of individual attacks could not be independently verified.

North Darfur has faced repeated displacement as fighting spreads beyond major urban centres and affects rural communities, supply routes and basic civilian infrastructure.