Sudan Conflict

Actions taken by armed parties have prevented people from migrating to safer areas in search of food and income, triggering hunger, acute malnutrition, and mortality leading to famine in several areas in addition to Zamzam.

The Situation

Prior to the conflict, the Sudanese people were already suffering from a humanitarian crisis. Now, the crisis is deteriorating rapidly and after more than a year of the war, an estimated 12 million people are now internally displaced in Sudan.

• Famine is ongoing in five areas of North Darfur, and West and South Kordofan, Sudan – including Zamzam and two additional camps for internally displaced persons – and is projected in five additional areas between December 2024 and May 2025. Half of Sudan’s population is now facing acute levels of food insecurity and at least 638,000 people are living under Famine conditions.
• More than 16 million children are in need of humanitarian aid and more than 60% of the total population needing some form of humanitarian assistance.
• Estimated 730,000 children under age 5 suffer from severe acute malnutrition, an additional 2.7 million are moderately malnourished, and over a million pregnant and lactating women are estimated to suffer from acute malnutrition.
• Access due to insecurity remain the greatest challenges for both humanitarian aid and civilians alike.