About 1,000 people have fled villages in North Darfur’s Um Baru locality into neighbouring Chad amid worsening insecurity, the International Organization for Migration said on Monday.
The UN migration agency said the displacement took place on September 17 from the villages of Kurbia, Gorbora and Wadi Arkouri in Um Baru.
Most of the affected families crossed the border into Chad, according to the IOM statement cited by local Sudanese media.
The agency also said another 930 people were displaced between September 16 and 18 from the villages of Hileil Um Ghadir and Tura in North Darfur’s El Fasher locality, also because of deteriorating security conditions.
Those families fled to Tawila locality, where camps are continuing to receive newly displaced people.
Tawila is controlled by the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid Mohamed Nur and has become a major destination for civilians fleeing violence across North Darfur.
The latest movements add to a growing displacement crisis in Darfur as insecurity continues to push civilians from rural communities and conflict-affected areas toward safer locations inside Sudan and across the border into Chad.
