A Central African NGO estimates that almost 100,000 Sudanese have fled to the north of the country since the start of the conflict

MADRID, 30 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

An NGO from the Central African Republic estimates that almost 100,000 Sudanese have fled to the north of the country since the beginning, on April 15, of the fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) within the exodus of the population that is suffering the African country to the countries with which it shares a border, such as Chad (to the west) and Egypt (to the north).

The organization of the General Secretariat of the TAKiA Committee has indicated in a report collected by the Central African portal Corbeau News that practically all the Sudanese refugees are in the town of Amdafock, divided in two halves by the border between the Central African Republic and Sudan, about 230 kilometers southwest of the Sudanese city of Nyala, one of the hardest hit by the fighting.

The arrival of Sudanese to the town, warns the NGO, has skyrocketed this week taking advantage of ceasefire attempts between the Army and paramilitaries to the point that, only from Monday to Thursday 27, a total of 63,240 Sudanese arrived.

This week, the United Nations expressed fear that at least 200,000 Sudanese could end up fleeing the country in the face of a prolonged conflict.

Chad, which borders precisely Darfur, another of the most affected regions, has received more than 20,000 refugees in just over a week, to whom the UN refugee agency UNHCR has already begun to provide initial assistance. given that they sleep outdoors and without minimal access to basic services.

The agency has forecast that, on current trends, there will be more than 100,000 new refugees in Chad, a country that already hosted more than 400,000 Sudanese before the escalation of violence. The UN has begun to relocate the families who have arrived in recent days in a refugee camp and is looking for a new place to set up another enclave.