Darfur attacks displace 84,000 in June alone: UN

Violence escalated there after 2003 as Sudan's government enlisted Arab militias later known as the Popular Defence Forces to help put down a rebellion in Darfur [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters]

Violence in western Sudan this month alone has displaced more than 84,000 people, doubling the number of those driven from their homes so far this year, according to UN reports.

The numbers are the highest since January 2021. Last year, at least 440,500 were displaced, five times more than in 2020, UN data show.