Central African Republic faces spillover from Sudan war: UN experts
- Central African Republic is seeing an influx of millions of refugees, cross-border incursions by the two warring Sudanese rivals
Activities of armed groups in the volatile Central African Republic have increased, complicating a security landscape that has seen a spillover of the conflict in neighbouring Sudan, UN experts warn in a new report.
The panel of experts cite confirmed reports of air raids by the Sudanese military around border areas and of fighters from the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces crossing over to recruit from armed groups in the Central African Republic.
Sudan plunged into conflict in mid-April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between its military and paramilitary leaders broke out in the capital Khartoum.
Fighting spread to other regions including Darfur, which borders the Central African Republic’s northeastern Vakaga region. The UN says over 14,000 people have been killed and 33,000 injured in the Sudan fight.
The expert panel, which monitors sanctions on mercenaries and armed groups in the Central African Republic, said the UN had registered almost 10,700 Sudanese refugees who had fled across the border by late March.