UN : Seven million people need aid in Sudan Worsening conflict in Darfur and influx of people fleeing war in South Sudan create acute humanitarian crisis , UN says . Almost seven million people in Sudan are in urgent need of aid after the influx of refugees from the conflicts in Darfur and South Sudan worsened the crisis in the African nation , the UN said. The figure is a jump from the United Nations previous estimate of 6 . 1 million, issued last year . Aid agencies urgently need funding to assist 6 . 9 million people in need of humanitarian assistance [ roughly 20 percent of Sudans population ] , a UN statement said . The Sudan humanitarian response plan has been revised to reflect the deteriorating situation in Darfur , the influx of new refugees from South Sudan , and Sudans acute malnutrition crisis , Ali Al- Zatari , the UN s Sudan humanitarian coordinator, said in the statement . Violence throughout Darfur reached its worst levels in a decade this year , displacing about 300, 000 people from late February to mid- April . The latest displacements bring to 2 . 2 million the number uprooted and living in camps in Darfur , where conflict began 11 years ago. Adding to the humanitarian burden , more than 85 , 000 people have sought refuge over the border in Sudan since December when a power struggle between South Sudans President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar spiralled into brutal ethnic conflict that killed thousands .
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:10:24 +0000
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