Sudan crisis worsens
UN assessments and aid groups report roughly 14 million people displaced in Sudan and more than 21 million facing acute food insecurity as fighting spreads. Multiple NGOs say millions in regions like Darfur and Kordofan are surviving on a single meal a day, the WHO warns that three years of war have devastated water and health infrastructure, and Human Rights Watch reports that forces in South Sudan are blocking aid and forcing evacuations. (news.fundsforngos.org) (prismnews.com) (trtworld.com) (aljazeera.com) (sudan.news-pravda.com) (hrw.org)
Sudan’s war has uprooted about 14 million people and left 21 million facing acute hunger as the conflict nears its third anniversary. (news.un.org) United Nations officials said on April 10 that Sudan is now the world’s largest displacement crisis, with 6.3 million people in the most severe emergency phase of food insecurity. Rural families in Darfur and the Kordofan region are under particular pressure as fighting spreads. (ungeneva.org) The war began on April 15, 2023, when fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum, then spread across Darfur, Kordofan and other regions. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says more than 30 million people in Sudan now need aid. (unocha.org) The food crisis has deepened alongside the war. The World Food Programme says 21.2 million people, or 41 percent of Sudan’s population, are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, while famine conditions have been recorded in some areas and risk spreading where access is blocked. (wfp.org) Health care has collapsed in large parts of the country. The World Health Organization says more than two thirds of main hospitals in affected areas are out of service, and repeated attacks on clinics, warehouses and health workers have cut access to safe water, electricity and treatment. (who.int) On April 3, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund said they had verified 214 attacks on health care since the war began, including 13 in the first quarter of 2026 alone. Those attacks killed 184 people and injured 295 in the first three months of this year, the agencies said. (emro.who.int) The crisis is also spilling across borders. In a report published on April 12, Human Rights Watch said South Sudan’s military and opposition forces have blocked aid deliveries and ordered civilians to leave populated areas since late 2025, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee. (hrw.org) Aid agencies have been warning for months that Sudan’s needs are outpacing funding and access. A joint United Nations appeal launched in February 2025 sought $6 billion to support about 21 million people inside Sudan and up to 5 million more in neighboring countries. (unocha.org) Three years into the war, the front lines are still moving faster than relief supplies. The result is a conflict that is no longer centered only on battles for territory, but on whether civilians can eat, reach a clinic, or stay where they live. (news.un.org)
