Report: Famine worries Sudanese more than war, 10 million have been forced to flee their homes
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced that more than 10 million Sudanese have fled their cities and villages since the start of the civil war in April 2023, while hunger continues to affect many of the country's citizens.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced that more than 10 million Sudanese have fled their cities and villages since the start of the civil war in April 2023, while hunger continues to affect many of the country's citizens. It is after it was confirmed that the number of displaced people in Sudan represents 20% of the country's population.
A report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said that more than 2.2 million people have fled to other countries since the war began, while approximately 7.8 million are internally displaced. There were already another 2.8 million refugees who fled their homes due to previous conflicts in the country.
The International Organization for Migration has reported that half of the population of Sudan, i.e. about 50 million people, are facing a famine and need humanitarian aid more than any other country in the world.
United Nations experts say hunger has replaced chaos and become the biggest driver of waves of people migrating from Darfur, where many obstacles are being witnessed in humanitarian aid operations.
Shibl Sahbani, the representative of the World Health Organization in Sudan, said, "All the refugees I met in Sudan said that hunger was the reason they fled their homes."
Last month, three UN agencies reported dire new forecasts for Sudan's food security, saying the country is facing a "massive famine" not seen since the Darfur conflict in the early 2000s.
Sudan has plunged into a civil war between two sides led by army generals, and efforts to resolve it have so far been fruitless.
