Nearly 5.8 mln people displaced by war in Sudan, says IOM

The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Wednesday that nearly 5.8 million people have been displaced inside and outside Sudan due to the prolonged conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Sudan estimates that 4,551,795 individuals have been recently internally displaced. The Internally Displaced People (IDP) caseload has been observed in 4,647 locations across all of Sudan’s 18 states.

The highest proportions of IDPs have been observed in River Nile (12.66%), South Darfur (11.19%), East Darfur (11.01%), Aj Jazirah (8.07%), Northern (7.97%), and North Darfur (7.37%).

Field teams report that the IDPs observed were originally displaced from 8 states. The majority (3,120,044 IDPs, 68.55%) have been reportedly displaced from Khartoum state; followed by South Darfur (14.58%), North Darfur (7.97%), Central Darfur (3.99%), West Darfur (3.75%), South Kordofan (0.72%), North Kordofan (0.43%), and Aj Jazirah (0.01%).

DTM Sudan also estimates that approximately 2.63% of the IDP caseload are non-Sudanese nationals. In addition to the internal displacement, the conflict in Sudan has caused the mixed cross-border movements of 1,237,103 individuals into neighbouring countries, namely Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, South Sudan and Ethiopia.

About 65% of arrivals tracked in those countries were Sudanese nationals and 35% were estimated foreign nationals and returnees. The majority of arrivals were reported in Chad (40.5%), Egypt (26.1%), and South Sudan (24.6%).

Since April 15, Sudan has experienced deadly clashes between the Sudanese army and the RSF in Khartoum and other areas, resulting in at least 9,000 deaths and thousands of injuries.

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