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When a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac's first instinct was to take her five children and run. But four days after seeking refuge in neighbouring Chad - a country with its own dire humanitarian crisis - she had yet to receive any assistance and was just hoping they wouldn't starve.

GOUNGOUR, Chad (Reuters) - When a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac's first instinct was to take her five children and run. | 02:10am

Now, according to an internal U.N. estimate obtained by Reuters, 5 million additional people in Sudan will require emergency assistance, half of them children. By October, some 860,000 people are expected to flee to neighbouring countries including Chad, placing additional strain on nations already facing some of the world's most under-funded humanitarian crises.

When a power struggle between Sudans rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudans western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issacs first instinct was to take her five

The battles between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that erupted in the capital Khartoum in mid-April have now engulfed large parts of Sudan, killing hundreds, wounding thousands and unleashing a humanitarian disaster that could not have come at a worse time

GOUNGOUR, Chad, May 9 (Reuters) – When a power struggle between Sudan’s rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac’s first instinct was to take her five children and run. But four days after seeking refuge in neighbouring Chad – a country with its own dire […]

Thousands are now camping out in South Sudan's Renk County, in a dilapidated university campus.

RENK, South Sudan (Reuters) - The last place Lina Mijok wanted to go as she fled fighting in Sudan was back to her own country, South Sudan, which she had left as civil war erupted in 2013.

The last place Lina Mijok wanted to go as she fled fighting in Sudan was back to her own country, South Sudan, which she had left as civil war erupted in 2013. But when Sudan's army started battling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the streets around her home last month, South Sudan was the only place she and her two young children could reach, Reuters said. "I would not have come back to South Sudan. I would have gone anywhere, but I had no choice," the 26-year-old said.

RENK, South Sudan (Reuters) - The last place Lina Mijok wanted to go as she fled fighting in Sudan was back to her own country, South Sudan, which she had left as civil war erupted in 2013. | 02:04am