The world’s largest displacement crisis is being underfunded and ignored | Semafor

The number of people internally displaced in Sudan could soon hit 10 million, the United Nations’ migration agency said on Friday.

Fighting between the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group and the Sudanese army broke out in April 2023, and quickly spread across the country, leading to the world’s largest displacement crisis. ”How much suffering and loss of life must the people of Sudan endure before the world takes notice?” a UN official at the International Organization for Migration told Reuters.

The country is also at risk of a hunger crisis, with more than 18 million people acutely hungry, several UN agencies warned in May.