Sudanese refugees from Darfur
The Darfur conflict, which began in 2003, saw rebel groups fighting against the Sudanese government, which was accused of oppressing the region’s non-Arab population. The government’s response was a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing, resulting in the deaths of some 400,000 people and the displacement of two million, amounting to outright genocide.
Despite the official end of the conflict in 2020 with the Juba Accords, ethnic tensions remained. With the resumption of violence in 2023, the RSF, Sudan’s paramilitary forces, struck again in Darfur targeting African communities and whose actions qualify as crimes against humanity according to Human Rights Watch.
Currently, there are 8 million internally displaced people and 4 million refugees in neighboring countries (Chad, Uganda, Egypt, Ethiopia, Central African Republic). Sudan is in full collapse: essential services absent, health system destroyed.
Since 2023, over 600,000 refugees and 180,000 Chadians have fled to Chad, with 115,000 new arrivals in 2024. About 630 people cross the border every day, fleeing a war that has driven the country toward famine.
