Sudan conflict leads to displacement of 4.8 million civilians: U.N.
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Some 4.8 million civilians have been displaced by ongoing fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
A statement from the U.N. Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said more than 3.8 million people have been displaced inside the country, while one million have fled across the border to neighboring countries.
People have been displaced in all 18 states of Sudan.
Nearly 72.3% of the internally displaced are from the capital, Khartoum.
Since April, Sudan has been ravaged by fighting between the army and the RSF.
More than 3,000 civilians have been killed and thousands injured in this conflict.
On Friday, the RSF claimed it killed hundreds of Sudanese soldiers in an attack on the army’s special forces headquarters in Omdurman, west of Khartoum.
The army did not comment on the paramilitary group’s claim, but said its forces continued artillery fire on RSF targets throughout Khartoum.
Several cease-fire agreements brokered by Saudi and U.S. mediators between the warring factions had failed to end violence in the country.
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