The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday (November 7) that 1.2 million people have fled Sudan to neighbouring countries since war broke out between the country’s national army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces about seven months ago.
Dominique Hyde, UNHCR director of external relations, said at a media briefing in Geneva that “within Sudan, 4.5 million people have been internally displaced since April, when the war began, while 1.2 million have fled to neighbouring countries like Chad, Egypt, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic (CAR)”.
“Almost six million people have been forced from their homes; more than a million have fled to neighbouring and often fragile countries – and some of them have already moved on,” Hyde said.
“Away from the eyes of the world and the news headlines, the conflict in Sudan continues to rage. Across the country, an unimaginable humanitarian crisis is unfolding, as more and more people are displaced by the relentless fighting.”
Talks between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in Saudi Arabia to end the conflict haven’t borne fruit so far.
