WORLD Over 700,000 displaced internally in Sudan since mid-April: UN

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Over 700,000 displaced internally in Sudan since mid-April: UN

AFP

17:07, May 09, 2023

Heavy fighting in Sudan has led to 700,000 people being internally displaced since the middle of April, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding the figure had doubled in a week.

Sudanese evacuees wait before boarding a Saudi military ship to Jeddah port, at Port Sudan, Sudan, late Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (Photo: AP)

"There are now more than 700,000 internally displaced by the fighting which began on April 15," Paul Dillon, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration said, adding: "Last Tuesday, the figure stood at 340,000."

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