GNV News November 3, 2024

International Organization for Migration (IMO) on October 29, 2024.announcementAccording to the UNICEF, more than 14.1 million people have been displaced so far in Sudan as a result of the conflict that has been ongoing since April 2023. Of this number, 11 million are internally displaced and 3.1 million have fled to neighboring countries, and the number continues to grow. According to the UN Secretary-General, more than half of the displaced are women and more than a quarter are children under the age of five.

The conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023 when tensions between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Force (RSF), a former paramilitary group that helped remove former President Omar al-Bashir in a 2019 military coup, escalated into a military confrontation in the capital Khartoum. The conflict led to disease, famine, and sexual violence in Sudan.infestationThe situation is worsening. Lack of shelter, clean drinking water, and access to medical care is severe and disease is spreading rapidly. The UN Secretary-General has stated that approximately 25 million people, or about half the population, are in need of humanitarian assistance, and that more than 750,000 of them are suffering from "catastrophic" food insecurity.Warning.The country has also suffered from a number of reports of rapes and torture since 2023. There have also been constant reports of rape and torture since 2023, and indiscriminate attacks have killed civilians, including young children.killingThe war has been According to the Armed Conflict Location and Data Project (ACLED), an organization that monitors war, atrocities and war crimes such as mass rape and ethnic cleansing have been committed andMore than 24,850died.

Learn more about the conflict in Sudan → "The Future of the Sudan Conflict"

Learn more about the conflict and the press → "Determinants of Conflict Reporting"

Internally displaced persons camps in Sudan (Photo:Global Partnership for Education / Flickr [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0])