Africa: UN: Millions displaced, 4000 dead in conflict in Sudan

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UN: Millions displaced, 4,000 dead in conflict in Sudan

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It’s been four months since the coup in Sudan. The situation is still unstable. The fights continue. The UN refugee agency draws a devastating balance sheet.

Four months after the fighting began in More than 4.3 million people have already fled the violence in Sudan. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Geneva, around 3.2 million were displaced within the country in north-east Africa, while 1.1 million had to flee to neighboring countries. According to preliminary figures from the UN Human Rights Office, more than 4,000 people have been killed so far, including hundreds of civilians.

Since April 15, the army under de facto President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been fighting the paramilitary militia Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of former deputy ruler Mohammed Hamdan Daglo. The generals had seized power together. However, the two former allies fell out over power-sharing issues.

In a joint statement, the heads of UN agencies and other major aid organizations described the conflict in Sudan as a “war”. Despite violence, mass displacement and the hunger crisis, other countries have so far provided only 27 percent of the more than 3 billion US dollars that are needed for aid in Sudan and in refugee host countries, they criticized.

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