4m have fled Sudan since start of war: UN

More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said on Tuesday, calling the figure a “devastating milestone.”

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UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said that if the war continues, the outflow of people would threaten regional and global stability.

Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a battle for power since April 2023. The war has killed tens of thousands of people and created the world’s largest hunger and displacement crises.

“Four million people now have fled Sudan into neighbouring countries since the start of the war, now in it's third year,” UNHCR spokeswoman Eujin Byun said at a press briefing in Geneva.

“It's a devastating milestone in what is the world’s most damaging displacement crisis," he added.