Sudan

WFP warns of major setback to aid efforts as fighting spreads in Sudan

PORT SUDAN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to temporarily suspend food assistance in some parts of Gezira State, as fighting spreads south and east of Sudan's capital Khartoum. This is a major setback to humanitarian efforts in the country's breadbasket, where…

Disease, displacement and hunger escalating in Sudan: urgent action required

Port Sudan – As the conflict in Sudan enters its seventh month, disease, displacement and hunger are on the rise, putting millions more at risk. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says scaled up humanitarian and development efforts are urgently needed to avert this escalating catastrophe.

Sudan: UNHCR warns of increasing violence and human rights violations against civilians in Darfur

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned at the latest developments in Sudan as fighting escalates in the Darfur region

Sudan: MSF suspends surgery in Khartoum hospital as supplies are blocked

KHARTOUM, Sudan —Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is suspending life-saving surgical activities at Bashair Teaching Hospital in southern Khartoum, Sudan, including trauma surgery and Cesarean sections, after military authorities caused surgical supplies to run out by blocking…

19 million children in Sudan out of school as conflict rages on – UNICEF, Save the Children

PORT SUDAN, --An estimated 19 million children in Sudan are out of school as the brutal conflict approaches the six-month mark next week.

WHO scales up response following Sudan declaration of cholera outbreak

Cairo, Egypt – Sudan has declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref State, where 264 suspected cholera cases, 4 confirmed cases and 16 associated deaths had been reported by 25 September 2023. Investigations are ongoing to determine whether cholera has also spread to Khartoum and South Kordofan states,…

Joint Statement Urging More Aid, Solidarity and Attention to Sudan Crisis

We, the heads of over 50 human rights and humanitarian organizations are coming together to sound the alarm about Sudan, where a disaster is unfolding before our eyes. With fighting continuing across the country, brutal sexual violence rising, widespread deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians,…

Sudan: More than 50,000 people displaced within Kadugli as town nears siege conditions

KHARTOUM, – Children and families living in near-siege conditions in Kadugli in southern Sudan have run out emergency food supplies, with fighting blocking access to several major roads and medical services at a standstill, according to Save the Children staff based in the town.

Sudan is close to famine, warns Concern

Time running out for millions suffering from hunger 4 months since conflict began TIME is running out to prevent famine after four months of conflict in Sudan, Concern Worldwide has warned.

Conflict in Sudan Is Sparking a Humanitarian Emergency; Last Month 154,000 People Poured into South Sudan, Straining Already-Fragile Support Systems

NEW YORK, NY- August 8, 2023 - As the conflict in Sudan passed the 100-day mark, the situation is creating a growing economic and humanitarian crisis in neighboring South Sudan, according to Action Against Hunger, a global nonprofit that is leading humanitarian response efforts in many parts of the…