Greater than 700,000 individuals have fled their properties in Sudan to flee preventing between rival navy factions, the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM) mentioned on Tuesday.
It was not instantly clear whether or not they have been heading for certainly one of Sudan’s seven worldwide border crossings, which at the least 150,000 individuals have crossed, in line with UN refugee company figures.
IOM spokesman Paul Dillon informed a information convention in Geneva that greater than 700,000 individuals have been displaced in Sudan because the preventing broke out. Final week, the UN company mentioned some 340,000 individuals have been internally displaced.
“It’s extremely tough now (for them) to seek out cash. ATMs usually are not working and the banking system just isn’t working. Gas is difficult to return by and costly,” Dillon added.
In the identical interview, the World Well being Group (WHO) mentioned 604 individuals had been killed and greater than 5,000 injured since violence broke out on April 15 between the rival factions.
