Sudanese flee to Chad as fighting deepens

Mekka, 30, a Sudanese refugee who has fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, sits with her children beside their makeshift shelter near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 11, 2023.

A Sudanese woman who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and newly arrived, fills her jerrycan with water she fetched from a well that was dug near the border between Sudan and Chad while seeking refuge in Goungour, Chad, May 12.

Sudanese girls who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and newly arrived, dig a well to fetch water near the border between Sudan and Chad while seeking refuge in Goungour, Chad, May 12.

Sudanese refugee children who have fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, eat their breakfast beside makeshift shelters near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 11.

Sudanese refugees, who fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region and newly arrived ride their donkeys, looking for space to temporarily settle near the border between Sudan and Chad in Goungour, Chad, May 8.

A Sudanese refugee woman, who fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, carries a basin of water as she walks toward her makeshift shelter near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 10.

Sudanese refugees, who have fled the violence in their country, wait to receive food rations from World Food Programme (WFP), near the border between Sudan and Chad, in Koufroun, Chad, May 9.

Sudanese refugees, who have fled the violence in their country, walk in line to receive food rations from World Food Programme (WFP), near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 9.

Sudanese refugees, who fled the violence in their country, build their makeshift shelter as they wait to be placed in a refugee camp near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 6.