The Sudanese city of El-Obeid shelters some 500,000 people.

Omissions

• The full original sentence also claimed 'more than 100,000 who have already been displaced at least once this year'; the IOM figure for IDPs hosted in El Obeid was 'more than 83,000' as of the Kordofan displacement report, somewhat below 100,000 (this sub-claim is not part of the normalized fact verified here).
• The exact publication date of the IOM article could not be retrieved within the search limit; it was published shortly before the 2026-07-08 session date, as it reports on displacement data current at the time of the Kordofan crisis escalation in mid-2026.

Sources

• PrimaryInternational Organization for Migration (IOM) — 'Displacement Rising as Crisis Escalates in Kordofan, Sudan'El Obeid now hosts around 500,000 people, including more than 83,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Repeated arrivals are placing mounting pressure on ...
• SecondaryUN News — 'Sudan: Window is closing to prevent wider escalation in El Obeid'A senior United Nations official warned on Friday that the opportunity to prevent a major escalation in the Sudanese city of El Obeid is ... (June 2026 UN warning on the El Obeid crisis, consistent with ~500,000 civilians affected)
• SecondaryAl Jazeera — 'Fears of new massacre in Sudan's el-Obeid: What do we know'As RSF troops besiege el-Obeid, 500,000 civilians face mass atrocities amid drone strikes and a stalled peace process.
• SecondarySudan Tribune — '105,000 Displaced in North Kordofan Camps as UN Steps...'July 24, 2026 (EL OBEID) – Sudan's North Kordofan state is hosting more than 21,000 displaced families across eight camps, the Humanitarian ... (published after the session date; corroborates displacement scale in the region)