More than 14 million people have fled their homes since the start of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
“The number of (internally) displaced people has reached 11 million. That’s up 200,000 since September,” IOM Director-General Amy Pope said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Another 3.1 million people have crossed borders to flee the fighting. In total, about 30 percent of Sudan’s population has been displaced,” he added.
The Pope described the situation in Sudan as “catastrophic”, adding that “the suffering is increasing day by day” and that “about 25 million people are now in need of assistance.”
The head of IOM highlighted the cost of this displacement crisis, calling for “silence of the guns in Sudan”.
Sudan has been wracked by deadly conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since mid-April 2023. According to the Situation Report issued by the Armed Conflict Locations and Events Data Project on October 14, the deadly conflict has resulted in over 24,850 deaths.
