Sudan: Sectoral Cash Snapshot, October 2024

Situation Overview

The conflict between the Sudanese Army Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that started in April 2023 has led to a severe humanitarian crisis, displacing more than 11.7 million people within Sudan and outside as well as causing widespread acute food insecurity. The conflict severely disrupted access to basic services, including healthcare, clean water, and electricity, infrastructure has been severely damaged in affected areas, and facilities are often targeted or inaccessible due to ongoing hostilities. Many hospitals and clinics had to close, leaving people without access to medical care, while shortages of food and clean water have worsened, exacerbating the risk of malnutrition, disease outbreaks such as cholera, and overall mortality risk. Despite liquidity shortages, high inflation, disruptions in market supply chains and other negative impacts of the conflict, humanitarian cash interventions remain a viable response modality, particularly in areas with access restrictions for in-kind assistance. Humanitarian organizations are using cash and voucher assistance (CVA), where feasible, to reach people in need through financial service providers (FSPs), while monitoring market functionality and local prices through the monthly Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI). During October 2024, 902,000 people in parts of Sudan were reached with sectoral cash assistance, a 14 per cent increase compared to 788,000 people reached in September. This indicates that of every 10 people assisted across Sudan during October, 3 persons – or 33 per cent of all people who were reached with humanitarian assistance that month - received it in the form of cash or vouchers. All sectoral CVA is coordinated by respective clusters, with technical and coordination support from the Cash Working Group (CWG).