Over 430,000 Have Fled Homes Amid Sudan Fighting – UN

by Mercy Ulasi
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The UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, estimates that more than 800,000 people may leave to neighbouring countries as the fighting in Sudan between the army and a paramilitary organisation continues.

The battle, which began on April 15, displaced an estimated 334,000 people, according to the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

“Over 100,000 refugees are estimated to be among those who have now fled Sudan to neighbouring countries, including Sudanese refugees, South Sudanese returning home prematurely, and others who were themselves refugees in Sudan,” UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado told reporters in Geneva.

The IOM said in a situation report that “the total estimate of displaced individuals across Sudan has reached 334,053”.
“About 72 percent, roughly 240,000 of these new internal displacements were reported in West and South Darfur alone,” spokesman Paul Dillon told reporters.
The number of people displaced in the last two weeks “exceeds all conflict-related displacement in Sudan in 2022”, he added.

Meanwhile the UN said its 2023 aid appeals for Sudan were $1.5 billion short and only 14 percent funded.

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“The $1.75 billion joint appeal for Sudan in 2023 is only 14 percent funded. In other words … (it is) facing a funding gap of $1.5 billion,” said Jens Laerke, the UN humanitarian agency’s spokesman.

 

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