UN: 460,000 Displaced In Darfur This year -- Al Jazeera
Figure is larger than previous two years combined, says body, citing inter-tribal violence as the main reason.
At least 460,000 people in Sudan's Darfur region have been displaced this year as a result of tribal violence and rebel-government battles, the United Nation says.
Citing humanitarian organisations, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday said that "so far in 2013 at least 460,000 people have fled their homes in Darfur as a result of inter-tribal fighting and clashes between the SAF (Sudanese army) and armed movements".
"This is more than the number of people internally displaced in Darfur in 2011 and 2012 combined," the UN said.
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