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'Horrible suffering' in Sudan escalates as more displaced: UN official
A man stands by as a fire rages in a livestock market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, on September 1, 2023, in the aftermath of bombardment by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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What you need to know:
- Of the nearly six million who have fled, 1.2 million have left the country, the UN official said.
- More and more people from Darfur are being pushed south, first to Chad in recent weeks and now to South Sudan.
As fierce fighting in Darfur once again pushes thousands of Sudanese to flee their homes, more must be done to alleviate the suffering of the millions already displaced, a UN official tells AFP.
"Six months and six million people forced to move, that's an average of one million per month, it's horrible suffering," said Mamadou Dian Balde, the top regional official for the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR).
