Crisis unfolding in Sudan as internally displaced nears 10 million

Residents displaced from a surge of violent attacks squat on blankets and in hastily made tents in the village of Masteri in west Darfur, Sudan, on July 30, 2020. [AP Photo]

The International Organization for Migration warns that the number of internally displaced people in Sudan soon will top 10 million, as conflict and acute hunger spread throughout the country.

Mohammed Refaat, the IOM's chief of mission in Sudan, calls the crisis unfolding in Sudan a "catastrophic human tragedy." He told journalists in Geneva on Friday that he was speaking from Port Sudan "with a heavy heart and a profound sense of urgency."