“The
deadly conflict in Sudan’s western region of Darfur has resulted in
the displacement of more than 41,000 people over the past two months,
the United Nations says.”
“OCHA
[UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs] noted that a
total of 470,000 people were displaced in Darfur in 2014, while
almost a third of them later returned to their homes. Meanwhile, Ivo
Freijsen, the head of OCHA's Sudan office warned that the real number
of the displaced could be higher than the figures provided as there
are some regions to which the UN body has no access.”
“Darfur
has been the scene of violence since 2003, when rebels took up arms
against the government in Khartoum. There has been also tribal
fighting in the region. The United Nations-African Union Mission in
Darfur was launched in 2007 in a bid to protect civilians and restore
stability to the restive region. The UN
estimates that the violence in Darfur has so far killed some 300,000
people and internally displaced over two million.”
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