North Kordofan is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 185,302 km² and an estimated population of 3,174,029 people. El-Obeid is the capital of the state. North Kordofan is generally arid and desert. From Wikipedia
A prison in North Kordofan and a Darfur displacement camp were struck, escalating the humanitarian crisis as civilian casualties mount.