UN refugee agency: 200,000 have fled Sudan

Some 200,000 people have fled from Sudan to neighbouring countries since violence erupted last month, a spokesperson said on Friday, adding that tens of thousands have arrived in Chad in recent days.
UNHCR staff pre-register recently arrived Sudanese refugees in Koufroun site, Chad. (Source: UNHCR)
UNHCR staff pre-register recently arrived Sudanese refugees in Koufroun site, Chad. (Source: UNHCR)

At the same briefing, a spokesperson from the U.N. children's agency said that a factory in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, producing food for malnourished children has been burnt down.

* Air strikes and artillery pounded Khartoum on Friday after Sudan's warring army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary failed to agree a ceasefire despite committing to protect civilians and allow humanitarian access.

Reuters