Sudan: Mehr als vier Millionen Flüchtlinge und Binnenvertriebene
The war in Sudan has driven more than four million people from their homes since April, a top UN humanitarian official said on Wednesday.
Addressing the Security Council, Edem Wosornu, director of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs' Operations and Advocacy Division, said nearly four months into the conflict, millions of people remain “trapped in humanitarian calamity that continues to grow”.
The UN official underscored the alarming progression of Sudan's slide into an all-encompassing humanitarian disaster.
She said that about 3.2 million people have experienced internal displacement and an additional 900,000 have sought refuge in neighbouring countries such as Chad, Egypt, South Sudan and the Central African Republic.
Ms Wosornu said more than 20 million people, or more than 40 per cent of the total population, are facing alarming degrees of acute food insecurity. She added that a staggering 14 million children in Sudan – half of the country's minor population – are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.