A Central African NGO estimates that 100,000 Sudanese have fled to the north of the country since the start of the conflict

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The population exodus that the African country has suffered since April 15 last year, when fighting between the army and the RSF began, has skyrocketed this week.

That is the estimate of an NGO from the Central African Republic nearly 100,000 Sudanese have fled to the north of the country from the beginning, the past 15 of Aprilof the fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) within the exodus of the African country’s population to the countries with which it shares a border, such as Chad (in the west) and Egypt (in the north).

The organization of the General Secretariat of the TAKiA Committee has indicated in a report that almost all Sudanese refugees are in the city amdafockbisected by the border between the Central African Republic and Sudan, about 230 kilometers southwest of the Sudanese city of Nyala, one of the hardest hit by the fighting.

The arrival of Sudanese to the city, the NGO warns, has skyrocketed this week, taking advantage of ceasefire attempts between the army and paramilitaries to the point that, from just this past Monday through Thursday the 27th, only in total 63,240 Sudanese.

This week, the United Nations expressed the fear that in any case 200,000 Sudanese could flee the country in the light of a prolongation of the conflict.

Chadbordering Darfur, one of the most affected regions, has taken in more than 20,000 refugees in just over a week. basic services.

The agency has predicted that on current trends there will be more than 100,000 new refugees in Chad, a country that before the escalation of violence, more than 400,000 Sudanese had already been taken care of. The UN has started relocating the families who have arrived in a refugee camp in recent days and is looking for a new place to set up another enclave.

Source: EITB

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