The International Rescue Committee anticipates “a secondary humanitarian crisis” as refugees pour into neighboring countries escaping the escalating conflict in Sudan.
"These countries are already of course struggling following ongoing conflict, and the failure of six rainy seasons in the Horn of Africa, which has already left many people food insecure or malnourished," Madiha Raza, IRC senior global communications officer for Africa, told CNBC.
"These countries are refugee hosting communities and countries that need more support from the international community to be able to take and support the refugees that are coming over in the thousands," Raza added.has planned for a figure of 800,00 refugees if the conflict continues as expecting. These numbers include those traveling in dire conditions to neighboring Chad, South Sudan and Ethiopia.
"People within the country that are trapped inside don't have the means or the access to get very basic provisions, so absolutely, we were anticipating a secondary humanitarian crisis," Raza said. Darfur has been in the crossfire of conflict since 2003, after non-Arab groups rose-up against the Arab-led government of now-deposed dictator Omar al-Bashir. In response, Bashir sent in brutal Arab militias, known as the"Janjaweed."
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