Thousands displaced by fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile state

11/12/2013 22:10

An estimated 2,800 people, including 1,850 children and 600 women, have fled Bau locality due to the fighting between the Sudanese army and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, as well as the food insecurity in their areas of origin, UN humanitarioan agency OCHA reports in its latest Humanitarian Bulletin. The newly displaced people sought shelter in the area of El Gerri, north of El Roseires locality. An organisation working on tracking population movements in the Blue Nile state reported that they urgently require food, clean water, and access to basic health services. According to humanitarian organisations, this latest wave of displacement brings the number of people who fled their homes in Blue Nile over the past three weeks to at least 5,800. Earlier, an estimated 2,000 people crossed the border into South Sudan, 800 into Ethiopia, with a further 200 people displaced within the state. File photo: Displaced people in Blue Nile state (Radio Tamazuj)

An estimated 2,800 people, including 1,850 children and 600 women, have fled Bau locality due to the fighting between the Sudanese army and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, as well as the food insecurity in their areas of origin, UN humanitarioan agency OCHA reports in its latest Humanitarian Bulletin.

The newly displaced people sought shelter in the area of El Gerri, north of El Roseires locality. An organisation working on tracking population movements in the Blue Nile state reported that they urgently require food, clean water, and access to basic health services.

According to humanitarian organisations, this latest wave of displacement brings the number of people who fled their homes in Blue Nile over the past three weeks to at least 5,800. Earlier, an estimated 2,000 people crossed the border into South Sudan, 800 into Ethiopia, with a further 200 people displaced within the state.

File photo: Displaced people in Blue Nile state (Radio Tamazuj)