United Nations Office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said: “#Sudan crisis must be at the top of the global agenda.
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| “A fully-funded humanitarian appeal means the dignity and safety of women and girls are at the core of aid response” – UNOCHA. Photo: @UNOCHA |
“Since the war started, millions have not had access to humanitarian aid: food, shelter, water or medicine.
A fully-funded humanitarian appeal means the needs of 15M of the most vulnerable people are met.”
According to reliefweb.int, a Situation Report on the crisis in Sudan reveals:
For over 16 months, the people of Sudan have endured the humanitarian impact of the devastating conflict – and there is no end in sight. As fighting, hunger and disease close in, more than half of the population is now in need of humanitarian assistance, including 13.6 million children. Localized famine conditions were confirmed in Zamzam camp for internally displaced people in North Darfur State.
Sudan is facing the worst levels of acute food insecurity in its history with a staggering 26 million people in acute hunger, including some 755,000 on the brink of famine.
In addition, over 10 million people have fled their homes since the conflict broke out in April 2023, making Sudan the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. This includes more than 5 million children – and over 2 million people who have crossed into neighbouring countries. Basic services have all but collapsed; less than 25 per cent of health facilities are functioning in the worst-affected areas.
Indiscriminate attacks, ethnically motivated killings, and other atrocities have become the gruesome hallmark of this conflict.
Thousands of children have been killed or injured, and countless more exposed to grave protection risks including sexual violence and recruitment or use in the conflict. Women and girls are also particularly exposed, especially to conflict-related sexual violence.
