More than 4 million refugees have fled Sudan since war began, UN says


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  • Tuesday, 03 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict in Geneina in Sudan's Darfur region, talks to her relative through a fence next to makeshift shelters, in Adre, Chad August 5, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -The number of people who have fled Sudan since the beginning of the war has surpassed 4 million, a spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.

UNHCR spokesperson Eujin Byun told a Geneva press briefing that the milestone was reached on Monday and that the scale of displacement was "putting regional and global stability at stake".

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