UNITED NATIONS, July 12 (Xinhua) -- In less than three months, the fighting in Sudan has displaced more than 3 million people from their homes, roughly half of them children, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported about 1.5 million children are living away from home, although some are still in Sudan. Overall, one in every two children in Sudan, approximately 13.6 million, needs urgent humanitarian assistance.
Since the conflict began, UNICEF has provided health supplies to more than 3 million children and women, as well as safe drinking water to some 1.4 million people, OCHA said, adding that nearly 100,000 children attend safe learning spaces, including solar-powered centers.
The office said the International Organization for Migration reported more than 2.4 million people were displaced across all 18 Sudan states, with the majority in River Nile, North, White Nile and Sennar states. Nearly three-quarters of those displaced originally fled the capital Khartoum.
The UN Refugee Agency reported more than 650,000 people sought shelter in neighboring countries from the fighting in Sudan, OCHA said. ■
