More than 14m displaced in Sudan: UN

KHARTOUM — The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than 14 million people, or about 30 percent of the population, since it broke out in April last year, creating the world's largest displacement crisis this year, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.

"The (internal) displacement number has hit 11 million. That's up 200,000 just since September," the United Nations agency's director-general, Amy Pope, said.

"Another 3.1 million people have traveled across borders to flee the fighting. In total, nearly 30 percent of Sudan's population has been displaced."