The UN refugee agency has warned that an earlier projection that conflict in Sudan would prompt 1 million people to flee across its borders is likely to be surpassed. This, Reuters reports, as nearly 600 000 people have already fled into neighbouring countries including Egypt, Chad, South Sudan and Central African Republic. Witnesses told the news agency though that an increasing number of Sudanese civilians fleeing El Geneina, a city in Darfur hit by repeated attacks, have been killed or shot at as they tried to escape by foot to Chad, while the start of the rainy season was making it harder to reach refugees and move them into safer camps.
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