The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Sunday that escalating insecurity has displaced 2,510 people from five villages in Sudan’s North Darfur state, with most fleeing across the border into Chad.
The displacement was recorded in Um Baru locality, where security conditions remain unstable and unpredictable, according to the agency.
Successive waves of displacement
The latest movement follows successive waves of displacement in the same locality. IOM previously documented 1,150 people fleeing four villages between October 29 and 31, following an earlier displacement of 895 people from three villages earlier in October.
Separately, the agency recorded the displacement of 115 people from Al-Farshaya village in South Kordofan’s Dilling locality on Saturday. Most of those affected relocated to other areas within the same locality.
Funding shortages threaten humanitarian response
IOM and the UN refugee agency have warned that severe funding shortages could leave millions of displaced Sudanese without emergency shelter and essential household supplies.
The agencies said humanitarian operations were facing critical funding gaps as displacement continued to rise across the country, threatening assistance for people forced to flee their homes.
Sudan’s displacement crisis deepens
An estimated 8.6 million people remain internally displaced across Sudan, while more than 4.6 million have fled to neighbouring countries since fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023.
Clashes have intensified across North, West and South Kordofan over the past year, contributing to mounting civilian casualties and further displacement, as Sudan continues to face one of the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crises.
