According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha), of the six million displaced, more than half a million are at the center due to the intensification of armed conflict in Gezira state. east of the country, where fighting intensified.
OCHA described the war in Sudan as a humanitarian disaster that has caused the world's largest displacement crisis in recent memory.
He also reported an increase in cholera cases: nine thousand suspected cases have already been reported in nine states, including 245 deaths.
Recently, World Food Program (WFP) Sudan Director Eddie Rowe warned that the rate at which hunger in that country has increased over the past year is alarming.
According to this United Nations agency, almost 18 million people are already at risk of food insecurity, most in Khartoum, Darfur and Kordofan, indicating that the crisis is rapidly evolving.
The clashes in Sudan erupted on April 15 due to contradictions in the middle of the process of integrating the Rapid Support Forces into the armed forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, vice president of the Sovereign Transitional Council (CST), chief of the army and president of the CST, Abdelfata al Burhan.
Both with the rank of general, they are fighting for control of the country after the overthrow of President Omar al Bashir in 2019.
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