Sudan's worsening crisis
Sudan’s four‑year civil war has driven a deepening humanitarian emergency, with aid groups reporting millions of people surviving on a single meal a day. (aljazeera.com) Humanitarian planning figures put 61.7% of the population—about 28.9 million people—as acutely food insecure. (jpost.com) UN officials call it the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, while reporting suggests tens of thousands have been killed and more than 11 million displaced as donors prepare to meet in Berlin for peace and aid talks. (news.un.org) (english.aawsat.com)
Millions of people in Sudan are now surviving on one meal a day as war, hunger and displacement deepen across the country. (aljazeera.com) Aid groups said on April 13 that 28.9 million people in Sudan — 61.7% of the population — are acutely food insecure, and more than 10 million of them face severe or extreme hunger. (care.org) The United Nations said the war has displaced about 11.6 million people inside Sudan and pushed millions more across borders, making it the world’s largest displacement crisis. (news.un.org) The fighting began on April 15, 2023, when a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces erupted in Khartoum and spread across Darfur, Kordofan and other regions. (news.un.org) Three years later, the conflict has wrecked farms, markets, roads, banks and local aid networks that people relied on for food, according to a joint report by CARE, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Mercy Corps, the International Rescue Committee and Action Against Hunger. (nrc.no) That report said families in North Darfur and South Kordofan are eating leaves and animal feed, while many community kitchens that once fed neighborhoods have shut because cash, supplies and safe access have run out. (aljazeera.com) The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the global hunger monitoring system used by governments and aid agencies, has already confirmed famine in parts of Sudan and warned that it could spread to more areas. (nrc.no) United Nations officials said donors and diplomats will meet in Berlin on April 15, 2026, to press for more aid access, more funding and a civilian political path as the war enters its fourth year. (unric.org) The Sudanese government has denied that famine exists in army-held areas, while the Rapid Support Forces have denied responsibility for starvation in territory they control, even as United Nations officials report atrocities and blocked aid routes. (straitstimes.com) The next test is whether the Berlin meeting produces money, access and pressure on both armed sides before one meal a day becomes no meal at all for millions more Sudanese. (unric.org)
