Sudan Humanitarian Update (15 May 2024) [EN/AR]

HIGHLIGHTS

• More than 8.8 million people fled their homes since mid-April 2023.

• Access to food remains the priority need of IDPs followed by healthcare, water, and sanitation services, particularly across the Darfur and Kordofan regions.

• Rising levels of hunger and severe acute malnutrition are anticipated to result in increasing levels of hunger-related mortality in the coming months.

• Since 15 April 2023, ACLED has recorded 15,550 reported fatalities in Sudan, and over 1,400 violent events targeting civilians across the country since the war began.

• In March and April, close to 860,000 people did not receive humanitarian assistance in Kordofan, Darfur and Khartoum due to active violence as well as bureaucratic and administrative impediments.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

More than 8.8 million people have fled their homes since fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April 2023.

An estimated 6.8 million people have been displaced within the country and have taken refuge in 7,251 locations, according to the International Organization for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM DTM), Sudan Monthly Displacement Overview (08). The highest proportion of IDPs are in South Darfur (11 per cent), River Nile (10 per cent), and East Darfur (10 per cent) states. IOM DTM field teams report that the IDPs were originally displaced from 12 states. About 53 per cent of them, 3.6 million, were displaced from Khartoum State, followed by South Darfur (14 per cent), Aj Jazirah (10 per cent), North Darfur (9 per cent), Central Darfur (4 per cent), and other states. More than 2 million people fled across the border, including 1.8 million who fled to neighbouring countries 660,000 people to South Sudan, 579,000 people to Chad, and 500,000 people to Egypt), according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Since 15 April 2023, ACLED has recorded 15,550 reported fatalities in Sudan, and over 1,400 violent events targeting civilians across the country since the war began. Civilians in Khartoum state faced the most targeted violence, with more than 650 incidents and at least 1,470 reported fatalities.