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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Sudan: up to 20,000 flee violence as rival leaders refuse to negotiate

People flee their neighbourhoods amid fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum
People flee their neighbourhoods amid fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Up to 20,000 people have fled the escalating violence in Sudan to seek safety in neighbouring Chad, many of whom lack basic needs such as food, water and shelter, the United Nations has said.

The UN’s refugee agency said the majority of those arriving were women and children, who were currently sheltering out in the open, some of whom had been caught up in the fighting that has raged around the country for six days.

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