Some 15,000 families have been displaced in 48 hours following clashes in Al-Malha in Sudan's war-torn North Darfur, the United Nations migration agency said.
Fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group and the Sudanese army between Thursday and Friday forced families to flee "mostly to other locations" in the area, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Al-Malha is one of the northernmost towns in the vast desert separating Sudan from Libya, where the army and RSF have been conducting cross-border operations for months. It is also a key point on a desert road linking North Darfur to the army-controlled north of the country, according to local sources.
In early March, the IOM announced that around 400,000 Sudanese had returned to their homes “in areas retaken by the army from paramilitaries”.
Since April 2023, Sudan has been the scene of a power struggle between the RSF, led by General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, and the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane.
The conflict has split the country in two, with the army controlling the north and east of the country and the RSF controlling almost all of Darfur (west) and parts of the south.
On Friday, the Sudanese army regained control of the presidential palace and government buildings in Khartoum (Sudan’s capital) and expelled the RSF paramilitary group after two years of war.
The fighting has left thousands dead, displaced more than 12 million people and caused one of the world’s largest hunger and displacement crises.
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