More than 660,000 displaced as call to halt hostilities is ignored

Despite a UN call for a global ceasefire during the pandemic, the Norwegian Refugee Council says conflict zones, most in Africa, are still at war

Security men during a 24-hour curfew during the coronavirus pandemic in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 6, 2020. Picture: REUTERS/KHALED ABDULLAHMore than 660,000 people have been displaced from their homes in conflict zones around the world since March, despite a UN call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic, a top international aid group said Friday.

The NRC said a total of 661,000 people have been displaced in 19 countries since then, with the highest number by far in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . He called on world leaders to “rise to the occasion” and jointly push parties to put down their weapons and unite in protecting all communities from Covid-19. “Now is not the time for kindergarten politics,” he said.

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