Satellite images show devastation in Sudan 1 year since conflict began

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It's 'one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory,' the U.N. says.

Monday marks one year since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group began.For Omnia Elgunaid, a university student, one year marks a somber milestone: "I can't believe a year has passed since the start of the worst nightmare of our lives," she told ABC News.

Satellite images show fire damage to one of the tallest buildings in the capital, Khartoum, the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company Tower in the central business district, which caught fire during clashes on Sept. 17, 2023. Oliver Kirui, a research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute , said his team has been using satellite data to analyze the impact of the conflict on food security.

Satellite imagery also shows an informal displacement camp in neighboring Chad has swelled, as the U.N. says the country is hosting"It never stopped," Claire Nicolet -- head of the Médecins Sans Frontières , or Doctors Without Borders, emergency response in Sudan and Chad -- said on the steady arrival of people into the border town of Adre. "We are starting again to see a really high number of people, this time because of food insecurity.

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