The war in Sudan began in April 2023, between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
According to the United Nations, more than 1 million people have been displaced by Sudan’s war and have sought refuge in neighboring South Sudan.
In its latest update on one of the world’s worst displacement crises, the United Nations released a new Data More than 770,000 people have migrated through the Juda crossing on South Sudan’s northern border with Sudan in the past 21 months, Tuesday showed.
Tens of thousands more have crossed the border elsewhere, bringing the number of people who have fled South Sudan to one million since the start of the war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in April 2023. has exceeded According to the statement issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
“The influx of more than a million people into South Sudan is a stark and sobering statistic and truly reflects the growing scale of this crisis,” said UNHCR’s Sana Abdullah Omar.
The statement said most of those crossing the border were South Sudanese who had previously fled the civil war in the new world country.
“The people of South Sudan are extraordinarily generous, welcoming those in need and sharing what few resources they have, but they cannot shoulder this great responsibility alone,” Omar added. added.
Two transit centers in Rank County on South Sudan’s northern border, designed for fewer than 5,000 people, now host more than 16,000.
The United Nations has called for more aid for both displaced people and the communities that host them, warning that resources such as health care, water and shelter in South Sudan are “dangerously stretched.” “are
Famine
As the war approaches its second anniversary, anger is simmering, with the RSF and SAF accusing each other of war crimes, including targeting civilians and indiscriminate shelling of residential areas, resulting in Tens of thousands of people died.
At least 20,000 people have died and nearly 25 million – half the country’s population – are starving and in urgent need of humanitarian aid.
Last month, the Famine Review Committee of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a UN-backed global hunger monitoring group, declared famine in five areas, including Zamzam, Sudan’s largest displaced camp in North Darfur province. Published an outline report.
Famine conditions have been confirmed in two camps for internally displaced persons, Abu Shouk and Al-Salam, in Al-Fishar, the besieged capital of North Darfur in Western Sudan, as well as residents and displaced persons in the Nuba Mountains of South Sudan. Famine has also been confirmed in communities. to the report.
