More than 2.6 million Sudanese have been displaced by conflict.

People evacuate to avoid conflict in Khartoum, Sudan on April 18, 2023

On June 29, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that since fighting broke out in Sudan in mid-April, more than 2.6 million people have been forced to leave their homes, of which more than 560,000 have become international refugees.

According to OCHA, more than 2.1 million Sudanese have been internally displaced since April 15, including 1.4 million who have fled the capital Khartoum. More than 560,000 have crossed the border into neighboring countries, mainly Egypt, Chad and South Sudan.

Humanitarian organizations have reached more than 2.8 million people across Sudan and provided them with food, nutrition, water, health care and protection.

However, these organizations say they are hampered by insecurity and limited access to the Sudanese people, including a lack of visas for staff of international organizations.

“Attacks on humanitarian facilities and warehouses continue to hamper the ability to deliver aid safely. We are facing significant difficulties in reaching people in conflict-affected areas in Khartoum, Darfur and Kordofan regions,” OCHA said.

According to OCHA, since the beginning of the political crisis in Sudan, 13 humanitarian workers have been killed and many others injured. In addition, a number of staff are missing.

The office added that it continues to facilitate the transport of relief supplies from the port city of Port Sudan and through conflict zones.

From late May to late June, 480 trucks carrying about 19,700 tons of aid arrived in Al-Jazirah, Khartoum, Gedaref, Kassala, Sennar, Northern State, River Nile and Blue Nile states.

Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP) said it had provided emergency food and nutrition assistance to more than 1.2 million people in 14 of Sudan's 18 states, including some hard-to-reach areas in Darfur.

In the capital Khartoum, the agency has provided food assistance to about 50,000 people trapped by the conflict and plans to assist 500,000 people when the security situation allows.

Regarding humanitarian assistance in Sudan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recorded that more than 200,000 people have fled to neighboring Chad, including Sudanese and Chadians who had previously fled to Sudan.

UNHCR and the Government of the Republic of Chad have been evacuating people from areas bordering Sudan that are at risk of flooding and facing security risks.

According to VNA