Sudan: Humanitarian Update, 7 September 2023 [EN/AR]

HIGHLIGHTS

• About 5.1 million people have been displaced inside and outside Sudan due to the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.

• More than 1 million people have crossed into neighbouring Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt,
Ethiopia and South Sudan.

• Almost half of all acutely food insecure people across Sudan are in the states most affected by the conflict.

• The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has revised its requirements for the Sudan situation emergency response, appealing for US$506.5 million through December 2023.

• For the first time since the conflict started in mid-April, OCHA-facilitated humanitarian convoys reached North Darfur and South Darfur.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that erupted in Sudan on 15 April has killed and injured thousands of people and displaced millions of others, both within Sudan and in neighbouring countries.

About 5.1 million people have been displaced inside and outside the country due to the conflict that erupted in mid-April.
More than 4.1 million people have been displaced internally as of 5 September, according to the International Organization for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM DTM). This is more than double the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) across the country prior to the conflict, which was 3.8 million IDPs. People have been displaced from eight states and have taken refuge in 3,733 locations across all 18 states. Most are in River Nile, South Darfur, East Darfur, Northern, Sennar and North Darfur states. About 69 per cent of IDPs are originally from Khartoum. In addition, 1,004,261 people have crossed Sudan’s borders into neighbouring countries as of 6 September, including Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Almost half of all acutely food insecure people across Sudan are in Khartoum, Central Darfur, South Darfur, West Darfur and South Kordofan – the states most affected by the conflict between SAF and RSF. About 9.6 million people in these states are experiencing the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Phases 3 and 4 (Crisis and Emergency levels, respectively). This includes 2.9 million people who are in Emergency levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 4), which is one step away from famine (IPC Phase 5). Overall, 20.3 million people across Sudan are acutely food insecure and need food and livelihood assistance between July and September 2023, according to the latest IPC update on Sudan.

On 4 September, UNHCR announced the revision of its financial requirements for the Sudan situation emergency response through the end of 2023 with its Sudan Emergency: UNHCR Supplementary Appeal (August 2023 Revision).
The new total requirements amount to US$506.5 million for eight months – from May to December 2023 – an additional $229.2 million compared to the previous appeal issued in June. In Sudan, the revision is due to the increased internal displacement of Sudanese and refugees hosted by Sudan resulting from the conflict, as well as the expansion of UNHCR's presence in new locations as part of the response. Without sufficient and flexible funding, the emergency response – which has seen thousands of core relief items and health kits, essential shelter supplies and protection assistance delivered to households – will struggle to get off the ground and evolve as and when circumstances change.