Some 100,000 Sudanese have fled to the north of the country since clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Force paramilitary group broke out two weeks ago, a Central African Republic non-governmental organization estimated on Sunday.
The organization of the General Secretariat of the Takia Committee indicated, in a report published by the Central African portal Corbeau News, that practically all the Sudanese refugees are in the city of Amdafock, divided into two parts by the border between the Central African Republic and the Sudan, about 230 kilometers southwest of the Sudanese city of Nyala, one of the hardest hit by the fighting.
According to the non-governmental organization (NGO), the arrival of Sudanese to the city has skyrocketed this week, taking advantage of the ceasefire attempts between the army and the paramilitaries, to the point that, between Monday and Thursday alone, 63,240 arrived. . .sudanese.
This week, the United Nations expressed fear that at least 200,000 Sudanese could flee the country as the conflict drags on.
Chad, which borders Darfur, another of the most affected regions, received more than 20,000 refugees in just over a week, to whom the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has already begun to provide initial assistance. , once they sleep outdoors and do not have access to basic services.
Based on current trends, the agency predicts that there will be more than 100,000 new refugees in Chad, a country that was already hosting more than 400,000 Sudanese before the violence escalated.
The UN has begun to transfer the families that have arrived in recent days to a refugee camp and is looking for a new location in another enclave.
At least 528 people died and almost 4,600 were injured due to the clashes that began on April 15 in Sudan between the Army and the Rapid Support Force paramilitary group.
Both forces were behind the coup that overthrew Sudan’s transitional government in October 2021.
The recent clashes, which have caused the flight of thousands of Sudanese to the neighboring states of Egypt, Ethiopia, Chad and South Sudan and the evacuation of foreigners, came after weeks of tension over the reform of the security forces in negotiations for the formation of a new transitional government.
Source: TSF
