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Sudan: Monthly Humanitarian Dashboard (31 March 2013)

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SITUATION OVERVIEW

In Darfur, approximately 3.5 million people currently receive food aid, including some 1.4 million in camps. The UN estimates that about 150,000 people were displaced or severely affected by intertribal ghting as well as conict between the armed movements and the government from January to March 2013.

Some 56,000 people remain displaced mostly in Agok and South Sudan.
Of 105,000 who ed in may 2011, some 35,000 returned quickly to areas south of the Bahr Al Arab/Kiir river, and 14,000 others returned to areas north of the river.

In Government-controlled areas in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, HAC estimates 207, 000 and 68,000 people displaced or severely affected by conict respectively. In SPLM-N areas, estimates from SRRA indicate that there are some 700, 000 and 90, 000 people displaced or severely affected in South Kordofan and Blue Nile respectively. The UN has no presence in SPLM-N areas and has not been able to independently verify these gures. UNHCR reports that a total of 219,000 refugees have ed to Ethiopia and South Sudan.

According to Government and UNHCR sources, there are between 220,000 and 350,000 people of South Sudanese origin still in Sudan.
UNHCR and the Government of Sudan have registered 109,000 people for voluntary return.

There are some 142,000 refugees in Sudan originating from other countries in the region.

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