Around 200,000 people have fled from Sudan in month of fighting: UN

The UN migration agency said earlier this week that more than 700,000 people have also been displaced within Sudan by the fighting that erupted on April 15, which has left more than 750 people dead and injured 5,000 others.

"As conflict in Sudan continues for a fourth week, nearly 200,000 refugees and returnees have been forced to flee the country, with more crossing borders daily seeking safety," UN refugee agency spokeswoman Olga Sarrado told reporters in Geneva.

"Almost 90 percent of refugees are children and women, including many pregnant women," she said. UNHCR welcomed that Sudan's warring military factions signed a commitment to respect humanitarian principles in their conflict late Thursday, she added.