More than 2,500 people displaced from two villages in North Darfur due to insecurity

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Sunday that 2,545 people were displaced from two villages in the Ambro region of North Darfur State, western Sudan, over a period of four days due to worsening insecurity.

The organization said in a statement that its field teams estimated that about 2,545 people were displaced from the villages of Wadi Khazan and Wadi Ghanak in Ambro province between July 20 and 23, as a result of the deteriorating security situation.

She noted that the majority of the displaced people had crossed the border into Chad, stressing that the situation in the two villages remained "tense and volatile".

For more than a month, villages in the Ambro region have been subjected to attacks attributed to the Rapid Support Forces, including storming markets, burning villages, and looting them, according to the Emergency Lawyers Association.

The International Organization for Migration announced on June 22 that 2,260 people had been displaced from two villages in Ambro province due to insecurity.

Humanitarian suffering in Sudan is exacerbated by the war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which has been ongoing since April 2023 due to a dispute over the integration of forces and the unification of the military establishment, resulting in the killing of tens of thousands and the displacement of about 13 million people.