More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of its civil war in 2023, officials with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) say. “Now in its third year, the four million people is a devastating milestone in what is the world’s most damaging displacement crisis at the moment,” agency spokesperson Eujin Byun said at a Geneva media briefing on Tuesday. “If the conflict continues in Sudan, … we expect thousands more people will continue to flee, putting regional and global stability at stake.” Sudan shares a border with Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic and Libya. In addition to refugees who have left the country, about 10.5 million people have been displaced internally in Sudan, according to UN estimates. Patrice Dossou Ahouansou, a UNHCR official, said 800,000 of the refugees have arrived in Chad, where their shelter conditions are dire due to funding shortages with only 14 percent of funding appeals met. “This is an unprecedented crisis that we are facing. This is a crisis of humanity. This is a crisis of … protection, based on the violence that refugees are reporting,” he said. The war has been raging in Sudan between its military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.

Full report : UN official says the ‘devastating milestone’ shows the damage of the displacement crisis after two years of fighting.