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South Sudanese who fled from Sudan sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, May 16, 2023
A RECORD number of people have been displaced due to war, violence and persecution for the 12th year in a row, the United Nations refugee agency said today.
The number of people forced to flee their homes has reached 120 million worldwide, equivalent to the population of Japan and up by six million from the year before, due to new conflicts in Sudan and Gaza contributing to the figure.
But Syria remains the world’s largest displacement crisis, with nearly 14 million people driven from their homes since 2011.
The spectre of ethnic cleansing looms over hundreds of thousands trapped without food, water, or medicines in the North Darfur state’s besieged capital, El Fasher, writes PAVAN KULKARNI
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE
