Sudan: Fighting Triggers Largest Displacement in World, UN

January 11, 2024 Hour: 7:52 pm

On Wednesday, UN humanitarian staff said military clashes in Sudan are responsible for the largest number of displaced people on Earth and the disruption of the fight against a deadly cholera outbreak.

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“The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is deeply concerned by the scale of displacement in Sudan due to the spreading conflict, which has fueled the largest displacement crisis in the world,” the office said.

It added that “since April, more than 6 million people have been displaced inside the country, including more than 500,000 due to the clashes that erupted in Aj Jazirah State last month.”

The humanitarians said more than 1.3 million others fled across Sudan’s borders to become refugees in the adjacent states of Chad, the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan.

DYK that conflict in #Sudan has:

❗️Led to largest number of displaced people and
❗️ the largest child displacement crisis in the world?

About half of the 7.3 million people displaced are children.

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— OCHA Southern & Eastern Africa (@UNOCHA_ROSEA)
January 9, 2024

OCHA said it is also alarmed the violence is disrupting critical humanitarian operations, including the fight against a worsening cholera outbreak.

The World Health Organization and Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health reported nearly 9,000 suspected cases, including 245 deaths, in nine states, an increase of more than 40 percent compared to the caseload one month ago.

“I don’t see any future,” says 12-year-old Tawassul from #Sudan.

Forced to flee twice due to clashes, she lacks a safe place to stay.

With over 3.5M children already displaced due to violence, Sudan faces the world’s largest child displacement crisis.

They need peace now. pic.twitter.com/JYdoB6ZW6t

— UNICEF Sudan (@UNICEFSudan)
January 9, 2024

Fighting broke out on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces militia in the capital of Khartoum and quickly expanded to other areas across the country.

OCHA’s Relief Web said that since the conflict broke out, humanitarian needs have increased, and almost 25 million people now require assistance in Sudan.