Up to 166,000 people displaced in Sudan's Darfur in 2015: UN

Source: Yahoo! News / AP

Khartoum (AFP) - As many as 166,000 people have been displaced by conflict and tribal violence in Sudan's strife-hit Darfur region since January, the United Nations said on Monday, fewer than in 2014.

The western region has been mired in conflict since 2003, when ethnic insurgents rebelled against President Omar al-Bashir's Arab-dominated regime, complaining of marginalisation.

"The net displacement figure for Darfur since January 2015 is up to 166,000, nearly 100,000 confirmed and some 66,000 reported to have been displaced," said Ivo Freijsen, head of the UN's Khartoum Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Freijsen said the UN had been unable to fully verify the figure of 66,000, but was trying to check the number.

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