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How Sudanese children are going back to school in a refugee camp after years of war

France24 · · 328 words · By Video by Lilia BLAISE
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“In southern Libya, the city of Kufra is hosting between 40 and 60 thousand Sudanese war refugees.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that between 40,000 and 60,000 Sudanese refugees are in Kufra.
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web search NEUTRAL — Between 40,000 and 60,000 people displaced by the Sudanese conflict have arrived in the city of Kufra, where they work, trade, and live in informal settlements. In total, more than half a million have…
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-29/the-liby…
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web search NEUTRAL — Libyan Kufra province hosts 40,000–60,000 Sudanese refugees living in camps or towns. The flo.
https://armyindex.com/news/sudan-war-drives-refugees-into-ku…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kufra, home to 60,000 people, receives more than 1,500 displaced people a day, especially after the escalation of violence in the Darfur region exacerbated the humanitarian crisis.
https://nan.media/en/libya-concerns-about-the-escalating-hum…
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“many children who had to abandon their schooling since the war broke out in 2023”
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The evidence confirms that a civil war broke out in Sudan in April 2023. While the provided evidence doesn't explicitly list the number of children abandoning school, the general context of a civil war starting in 2023 is verified, and the Wikipedia snippet notes high rates of children out of school in Sudan generally.
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web search NEUTRAL — Education in Sudan is free and compulsory for children aged 6 to 13 years, although more than 40% of children do not go to schools due to the economic situation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan
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web search NEUTRAL — The Darfur war, which broke out in 2003, was later condemned by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a genocide targeting non-Arab populations, including the Fur, Zaghawa, and Masalit peoples in …
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudan plunged into a civil war in April 2023 after a vicious struggle for power broke out between its army and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjel2nn22z9o
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“In the face of a conflict that has lasted three years, authorities in eastern Libya have set up a system for them to begin their schooling again.”
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The claim states the conflict has lasted 'three years,' but the evidence confirms the current civil war broke out in April 2023 (approximately 1-2 years ago). However, the part regarding eastern Libyan authorities easing school enrollment for Sudanese children is corroborated by LibyaReview.
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web search NEUTRAL — In November, authorities in eastern Libya removed residency requirements for Sudanese children seeking to enroll in schools, easing access to education.Libya has become both a destination and transit …
https://libyareview.com/63642/desert-crossings-desperation-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Recognize Sudanese as prima facie refugees in light of the ongoing conflict and stop deporting Sudanese back to Sudan.
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-briefs/no-mode…
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web search NEUTRAL — We currently supply 75% of the water provided to refugee camps in Eastern Chad. These camps host about 600 000 people fleeing the conflict in Sudan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly3DBtC-vfA
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