United Nations Says Over 330,000 People Internally Displaced in Sudan: Sudan
The data was released Tuesday by the International Organization for Migration at a news conference in Geneva. At the same press briefing the U.N. refugee agency said that more than 100,000 people have fled from Sudan to neighboring countries.
Fighting between Sudanese government forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces continued Tuesday despite the extension of yet another cease-fire agreement. Sudan's health ministry says more than 500 people have reportedly been killed and more than 4,000 wounded since the fighting began on April 15 after relations between army chief Abdel Fattah al Burhan and RSF chief Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The two generals were once allies in Sudan's transitional government after a 2021 coup.
The top U.N. official in Sudan, Volker Perthes, told The Associated Press Monday that Sudan's warring generals have agreed to send representatives -- potentially to Saudi Arabia -- for negotiations. The fighting has led the United Nations and other aid organizations to cut services to Sudan. However, the World Food Program said Monday that it was resuming operations to some areas of the country after a pause of more than two weeks prompted by the killing of three staff members.
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