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I bring you news from Africa, Sudan in particular and happenings around the conflict prone Darfur region.
Sudan has been a conflict zone in Africa that has claimed thousands if not millions of people as a result of the constant conflicts in the region.
Apart from the killings in the region, most families have been displaced and many are still displaced as the conflict continues.
It should be noted that several peacekeeping mission have been sent to the Darfur region ranging from that of the United Nations and the African Union.
In 2003, when the violence in Darfur escalated about 2.5 million people were displaced, while 300,000 people were killed from the conflict.
Since that incident in 2003, it has been one conflict to the other, which results to displacement of Sudanese from the region.
In 2020, the UN Security Council ended its peacekeeping mission there. Local aid workers have now called on the UN to redeploy peacekeepers to the region amid a surge in tribal violence.Source
This decision came as a result questions by people if the Sudanese government was able to bring peace in the Darfur region through it's military apparatus.
Since 2020, the UN haven't redeployed any peacekeeping mission to the Darfur region and this has affected the locals who are constantly on the run fleeing the tribal conflicts.
Violence in western Sudan this month alone has displaced more than 84,000 people, doubling the number of those driven from their homes so far this year, according to UN reports.
The numbers are the highest since January 2021. Last year, at least 440,500 were displaced, five times more than in 2020, UN data show.Source
Looking at the above statistics of displaced persons in Darfur region in June this month is very overwhelming and requires urgent attention.
Without urgent attention, more people within the region will be displaced if a peacekeeping mission isn't mobilized in weeks to come.