Unless otherwise noted, everything in this post is from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ Humanitarian Bulletin Sudan, Issue 28, July 4 – 11, 2016, which may be found here: http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/OCHA_Sudan_Weekly_Humanitarian_Bulletin_Issue_28_%284_-_10_July_2016%29.pdf South Sudanese refugees keep coming to Sudan, mostly to Darfur (61,821 out of 80,758). Aid groups are currently assessing and meeting...
Category: attacks on civilians
UNHCR: 65.3 Million human beings driven from their homes by violence as of December 2015
Twenty-four people are forced from their homes every minute by war and persecution, or one person of every 113 on earth. As near as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) can estimate, about half of these are children. 65.3 million is the highest worldwide number of forcibly displaced persons in the agency’s experience. 2015 also saw unequaled numbers...
In 2016 so far, about 150,000 have been driven away by Jebel Marra violence, and 70,694 South Sudanese refugees have arrived in Sudan
About 150,307 persons have reportedly been driven from their homes in the Jebel Marra region, which is in and around the area where North, Central and South Darfur States meet. The UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) has been able to establish direct flights from the North Darfur state capital of El Fasher to Sortony (one of the largest...