THE fighting between Sudan's military and paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces has displaced more than 1.3 million people, the United Nations migration agency said today.

The International Organisation for Migration said the clashes have forced over a million people to leave their homes to safer areas inside Sudan. 

Some 320,000 others have fled to the neighbouring countries of Egypt, South Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic and Libya.

The fighting erupted on April 15 between the military, led by Gen Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF commanded by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. 

Sporadic fighting continued today despite a ceasefire reached this week.

A joint statement from the United States and Saudi Arabia, who brokered the latest truce, said: “The Sudanese people continue to suffer as a result of this devastating conflict.”

It called on both sides to “fully abide by their commitments” and to implement the temporary ceasefire to deliver urgently needed humanitarian relief.

Earlier on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cautioned both parties of possible sanctions if the latest ceasefire was not adhered to.

The conflict has killed at least 863 civilians, including at least 190 children, and wounded more than 3,530 others, according to the most recent numbers from the Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate.