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People in Sudan are experiencing the world’s largest displacement and hunger crisis, which has left 30.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance - the largest figure in recorded history. Nearly 26 million people face severe hunger, and nearly 15 million people have been displaced both inside Sudan and across borders, including 12 million since 15 April 2023.
This is a humanitarian and protection catastrophe which continues to deteriorate, pushing millions of people towards starvation and driving further forced displacement inside and outside the country. Sudan's humanitarian crisis, which was already severe before April 2023, has reached catastrophic proportions due to the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
To effectively address the crisis in Sudan, donors, diplomats and responders should prioritise the following three key objectives in 2025:
1. Protect civilians – especially women and girls, civilian infrastructure and humanitarian response actors.
2. Ensure people in need have access to humanitarian assistance, services and protection.
3. Scale-up the humanitarian response in a principled manner, implement contingency planning, address food insecurity and end the famine