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REVEALED: Sudan conflict like planning for the apocalypse say aid workers | Rare Historical Photos

Women who fled the war in Sudan await aid rations at the Ourang refugee camp in eastern Chad
Women who fled the war in Sudan await aid rations at the Ourang refugee camp in eastern Chad. Photograph: Mohaned Belal/AFP/Getty Images

Humanitarian officials say the widening conflict in Sudan has left them trying to “plan for the apocalypse” as aid supply lines are disrupted and more people are displaced both internally and across the country’s borders.

At least 5.4 million people have already been displaced by the fighting that broke out in April between between the Sudanese armed forces, led by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces loyal to his rival Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo – known as Hemedti.

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