Olga Sarrado Mur, the UN refugee agency’s (UNHCR) spokesperson recently said the is “the world’s most damaging displacement crisis.”
The has caused “a colossal trail of suffering, with families torn apart, clouding the future of millions,” Sarrado Mur said.
On Monday, the UNHCR said it estimates some 13 million people have been displaced during the civil war in Sudan, with 8.6 million people having been displaced internally and almost 4 million seeking refuge in neighboring countries, AFP news agency reported citing an UNHCR official.
Also on Monday, the UN’s migration agency reported that 400,000 people were forced to leave Darfur’s largest displacement camp after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) .
The attack left hundreds dead or wounded, the government and aid groups said.
Refugees report experiencing “systemic sexual violence and other human rights violations, as well as witnessing mass killings,” Sarrado Mur said.
The UN reports that the number of children and adolescents in need has almost doubled in the past year. and a lack of healthcare are urgent issues.
International community meets for Sudan conference
On Tuesday, two years after the conflict broke out between the RSF and Sudan’s army, an international aid conference is taking place in London, with representatives from the UK, Germany, France, the EU, and the African Union, among others.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in statement ahead of the conference that in Sudan, “No one is safe, neither refugee children nor humanitarian workers or doctors.”
Baerbock added that the focus of the summit is to push for unrestricted humanitarian aid access, the protection of civilians, and a political resolution to the bloody conflict. She added that German would pledge €125 million in humanitarian aid to allow international and local aid organizations to deliver urgently needed food and medicine to people in need.
Sudan’s civil war broke out on April 15th, 2023, in Khartoum and has since expanded throughout the country. The Sudanese army (SAF) is fighting for its power against RSF. Both sides have been accused of war crimes.
In March, the Sudanese army reclaimed Khartoum and retook key positions like the presidential palace and airport.
Multiple attempts to find a diplomatic solution have failed.
Edited by: Wesley Rahn
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