According to the United Nations, the Sudan conflict has displaced more than two million people. Sudan has plunged into chaos since mid-April when monthslong tensions between the military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, exploded into an open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere across the northeastern African nation.
The fighting continued unabatedin parts of the capital and the western region of Darfur, both have seen some of the worst battels. At least 959 civilians have been killed and about 4,750 others were wounded as of June 12, according to Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate, which tracks civilian casualties.The brutal clashes have forced more than 1.6 million people to leave their homes to safer areas inside Sudan, according to the International Organisation for Migration. About 530,000 others fled to the neighbouring countries of Egypt, South Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic, and Libya, the agency said.