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03-06-2025
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Four million people have fled Sudan since start of war: UN
DARFUR - More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure a "devastating milestone". UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said that if the war continues, the outflow of people would threaten regional and global stability. Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a battle for power since April 2023. The war has killed tens of thousands of people and created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises. "Four million people now have fled Sudan into neighbouring countries since the start of the war, now in it's third year," UNHCR spokeswoman Eujin Byun said at a press briefing in Geneva. "It's a devastating milestone in what is the world's most damaging displacement crisis," he added. "If the conflict continues, thousands more people will continue to flee, putting regional and global stability at stake." UNHCR figures showed that 4,003,385 people had fled Sudan as refugees, asylum seekers, and returnees as of Monday. Of those, 1.5 million have fled to Egypt; more than 1.1 million to South Sudan, including nearly 800,000 returnees who had been refugees themselves in Sudan; and more than 850,000 to Chad. - Strain on neighbouring Chad - The UNHCR described a deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad, where the number of Sudanese refugees has more than tripled since the war broke out. The country was already hosting more than 400,000 Sudanese refugees before the conflict began, and the figure has now surpassed 1.2 million. AFP | Joris Bolomey This is placing "unsustainable pressure on Chad's ability to respond", said Dossou Patrice Ahouansou, UNHCR's principal situation coordinator in Chad, speaking from Amdjarass in the country's east. He said there had been an influx across the border since late April following violent attacks in Sudan's North Darfur region, including assaults on displacement camps. In just over a month, 68,556 refugees have arrived in Chad's Wadi Fira and Ennedi Est provinces, with an average of 1,400 people crossing the border daily in recent days, he said. "These civilians are fleeing in terror, many under fire, navigating armed checkpoints, extortion, and tight restrictions imposed by armed groups," Ahouansou said. He said the emergency response was "dangerously underfunded", with people living in "dire" shelter conditions, and tens of thousands exposed to extreme weather, insecurity and water shortages. UNHCR said there was an "urgent need" for the international community "to acknowledge, and act to eradicate, the grave human rights abuses being endured in Sudan". "Without a significant increase in funding, life-saving assistance cannot be delivered at the scale and speed required," Ahouansou said. The war has effectively split Sudan in two, with the army holding the centre, east and north, while the paramilitaries and their allies control nearly all of Darfur and parts of the south.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
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- Yahoo
More than four million people have fled Sudan amid war, UN says
More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of its civil war in 2023, officials with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) say. 'Now in its third year, the four million people is a devastating milestone in what is the world's most damaging displacement crisis at the moment,' agency spokesperson Eujin Byun said at a Geneva media briefing on Tuesday. 'If the conflict continues in Sudan, … we expect thousands more people will continue to flee, putting regional and global stability at stake.' Sudan shares a border with Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic and Libya. In addition to refugees who have left the country, about 10.5 million people have been displaced internally in Sudan, according to UN estimates. Patrice Dossou Ahouansou, a UNHCR official, said 800,000 of the refugees have arrived in Chad, where their shelter conditions are dire due to funding shortages with only 14 percent of funding appeals met. 'This is an unprecedented crisis that we are facing. This is a crisis of humanity. This is a crisis of … protection, based on the violence that refugees are reporting,' he said. The war has been raging in Sudan between its military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary recent months, the violence has been intensifying in the western region of Darfur, where the RSF has been besieging the city of el-Fasher, compounding hunger in the area. A World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF aid convoy delivering food to el-Fasher came under attack this week, according to the UN's children's aid agency. 'We have received information about a convoy with WFP and UNICEF trucks being attacked last night while positioned in Al Koma, North Darfur, waiting for approval to proceed to el-Fasher,' UNICEF spokesperson Eva Hinds said on Tuesday. Sudan has seen growing instability since longtime President Omar al-Bashir was removed from power in 2019 after months of antigovernment protests. In October 2021, the Sudanese military staged a coup against the civilian government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, leading to his resignation in early 2022. Sudan's army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and rival Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who leads the RSF, had shared power after the coup but then started fighting for control of the state and its resources in April 2023.
ABC News
03-06-2025
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- ABC News
More than four million refugees have fled Sudan, UN says
More than four million refugees have fled Sudan since the beginning of its civil war in 2023, UN refugee agency officials say. The world's most "damaging displacement crisis" is now in its third year, with many survivors facing lack of shelter due to funding shortages, the UN said. "If the conflict continues in Sudan, we expect thousands more people will continue to flee, putting regional and global stability at stake," UN refugee agency spokesperson Eujin Byun said. Sudan, which erupted with violence in April 2023, shares borders with seven countries: Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Central African Republic and Libya. Sudan's regular army has been fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces as leaders vied for power. The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 13 million — nearly a quarter of Sudan's population — ravaged the country's infrastructure and caused famine in some areas. More than 800,000 of the refugees have arrived in Chad, where their shelter conditions are dire due to funding shortages, with only 14 per cent of funding appeals met, UNHCR's Dossou Patrice Ahouansou said. "This is an unprecedented crisis that we are facing," he said. This is a crisis of humanity. Many of those fleeing reported surviving terror and violence, he added, describing meeting a seven-year-old girl in Chad who was hurt in an attack on her home in Sudan's Zamzam displacement camp. The girl's father and two brothers were killed in the attack and her leg was amputated during her escape, he said. Her mother had been killed in an earlier attack, Mr Ahouansou said. Other refugees told stories of armed groups taking their horses and donkeys and forcing adults to draw their own family members by cart as they fled, he said. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Monday there is an "absence of exposure to this crisis globally, and across much of the Western world". "The crisis in Sudan… is the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world currently and it is a matter of deep, deep concern," Lammy said. In just over a month, more than 65,000 refugees have arrived in Chad's Wadi Fira and Ennedi Est provinces, with an average of 1,400 people crossing the border daily in recent days, according to the UN refugee agency. "These civilians are fleeing in terror, many under fire, navigating armed checkpoints, extortion, and tight restrictions imposed by armed groups," the agency said. Over 17 million Sudanese children are out of school, 5,000 have been kidnapped or missing and 3,000 children have died in the war which broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the rival RSF on April 15, 2023, according to Sudan's National Council for Child Welfare. Child abuse has worsened since the outbreak of the war, with UN reports revealing children have been forcibly recruited as fighters, and cases of sexual abuse and slavery have increased. Aid has frequently come under the crossfire in the two-year-old war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which has left more than half the population facing crisis levels of hunger. Refugees currently receive only 5 litres of water per person per day, well below the international standard of 15 to 20 litres for basic daily needs. As part of the Sudan Regional Refugee Response, UNHCR and partners in Chad are urgently seeking over US$550 million ($850) to respond to the life-saving needs of refugees fleeing Sudan into eastern Chad, including protection, shelter, food, water and sanitation. ABC/wires
The Sun
03-06-2025
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- The Sun
Four million people have fled Sudan since start of war: UN
GENEVA: More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure a 'devastating milestone'. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said that if the war continues, the outflow of people would threaten regional and global stability. Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a battle for power since April 2023. The war has killed tens of thousands of people and created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises. 'Four million people now have fled Sudan into neighbouring countries since the start of the war, now in it's third year,' UNHCR spokeswoman Eujin Byun said at a press briefing in Geneva. 'It's a devastating milestone in what is the world's most damaging displacement crisis,' he added. 'If the conflict continues, thousands more people will continue to flee, putting regional and global stability at stake.' UNHCR figures showed that 4,003,385 people had fled Sudan as refugees, asylum seekers, and returnees as of Monday. Of those, 1.5 million have fled to Egypt; more than 1.1 million to South Sudan, including nearly 800,000 returnees who had been refugees themselves in Sudan; and more than 850,000 to Chad. - Strain on neighbouring Chad - The UNHCR described a deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad, where the number of Sudanese refugees has more than tripled since the war broke out. The country was already hosting more than 400,000 Sudanese refugees before the conflict began, and the figure has now surpassed 1.2 million. This is placing 'unsustainable pressure on Chad's ability to respond', said Dossou Patrice Ahouansou, UNHCR's principal situation coordinator in Chad, speaking from Amdjarass in the country's east. He said there had been an influx across the border since late April following violent attacks in Sudan's North Darfur region, including assaults on displacement camps. In just over a month, 68,556 refugees have arrived in Chad's Wadi Fira and Ennedi Est provinces, with an average of 1,400 people crossing the border daily in recent days, he said. 'These civilians are fleeing in terror, many under fire, navigating armed checkpoints, extortion, and tight restrictions imposed by armed groups,' Ahouansou said. He said the emergency response was 'dangerously underfunded', with people living in 'dire' shelter conditions, and tens of thousands exposed to extreme weather, insecurity and water shortages. UNHCR said there was an 'urgent need' for the international community 'to acknowledge, and act to eradicate, the grave human rights abuses being endured in Sudan'. 'Without a significant increase in funding, life-saving assistance cannot be delivered at the scale and speed required,' Ahouansou said. The war has effectively split Sudan in two, with the army holding the centre, east and north, while the paramilitaries and their allies control nearly all of Darfur and parts of the south.
The Citizen
03-06-2025
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- The Citizen
More than four million displaced by Sudan war, says UN
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the civil war since it began in April 2023. Sudanese army soldiers sit atop a parked tank after their capture of a base used by the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries on May 26, 2025. Picture: Ebrahim Hamid / AFP More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure a 'devastating milestone'. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said that if the war continues, the outflow of people would threaten regional and global stability. Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a battle for power since April 2023. 'Devastating milestone' The war has killed tens of thousands of people and created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises. 'Four million people now have fled Sudan into neighbouring countries since the start of the war, now in it's third year,' UNHCR spokeswoman Eujin Byun said at a press briefing in Geneva. 'It's a devastating milestone in what is the world's most damaging displacement crisis,' he added. ALSO READ: Sudan marks two years of war with no end in sight 'If the conflict continues, thousands more people will continue to flee, putting regional and global stability at stake.' UNHCR figures showed that 4 003 385 people had fled Sudan as refugees, asylum seekers, and returnees as of Monday. Of those, 1.5 million have fled to Egypt; more than 1.1 million to South Sudan, including nearly 800 000 returnees who had been refugees themselves in Sudan; and more than 850 000 to Chad. Strain on neighbouring Chad The UNHCR described a deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad, where the number of Sudanese refugees has more than tripled since the war broke out. The country was already hosting more than 400 000 Sudanese refugees before the conflict began, and the figure has now surpassed 1.2 million. This is placing 'unsustainable pressure on Chad's ability to respond', said Dossou Patrice Ahouansou, UNHCR's principal situation coordinator in Chad, speaking from Amdjarass in the country's east. He said there had been an influx across the border since late April following violent attacks in Sudan's North Darfur region, including assaults on displacement camps. ALSO READ: Sudan denies using chemical weapons after US imposes sanctions In just over a month, 68 556 refugees have arrived in Chad's Wadi Fira and Ennedi Est provinces, with an average of 1 400 people crossing the border daily in recent days, he said. 'These civilians are fleeing in terror, many under fire, navigating armed checkpoints, extortion, and tight restrictions imposed by armed groups,' Ahouansou said. He said the emergency response was 'dangerously underfunded', with people living in 'dire' shelter conditions, and tens of thousands exposed to extreme weather, insecurity and water shortages. Urgent action needed UNHCR said there was an 'urgent need' for the international community 'to acknowledge, and act to eradicate, the grave human rights abuses being endured in Sudan'. 'Without a significant increase in funding, life-saving assistance cannot be delivered at the scale and speed required,' Ahouansou said. The war has effectively split Sudan in two, with the army holding the centre, east and north, while the paramilitaries and their allies control nearly all of Darfur and parts of the south. NOW READ: Sudan cholera outbreak kills 172 in one week
