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The war has ravaged Sudan, killing more than 14,000 people and injuring thousands more, while pushing the population to the brink of famine. The number of refugees and internally displaced people means that more than a quarter of Sudan’s 47 million people have been driven from their homes
The number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million, the United Nations migration revealed. The International Organization for Migration (IMO) said the figure included 2.83 million people driven from their homes before the start of the current war by multiple local conflicts in recent years. More than 2 million others have been driven abroad, mainly to neighboring Chad, South Sudan, and Egypt.
Sudan’s conflict began in April last year when growing tensions between army leaders and powerful rapid support paramilitary forces erupted into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country.
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Last month, the United Nations food agency warned the warring parties that there was a serious risk of widespread famine and death in the western region of Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan if they did not allow the delivery of food. humanitarian aid in this vast western region. The war has ravaged Sudan, killing more than 14,000 people and injuring thousands more, while pushing the population to the brink of famine. The number of refugees and internally displaced people means that more than a quarter of Sudan’s 47 million people have been driven from their homes.
