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Ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have continued since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023.
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A year on, Sudan and its neighbours are experiencing one of the largest and most challenging humanitarian and displacement crises in the world. The number of Sudanese forced to flee has now surpassed 8.6 million people, with 1.8 million of them having crossed borders.
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) managed to bring much needed food and nutrition supplies into Darfur, the first WFP assistance to reach the region in months. Two convoys crossed the border from Chad into Darfur in late March, carrying food and nutrition assistance for around 250,000 people facing acute hunger in North, West and Central Darfur. These are the first cross-border convoys of WFP assistance to reach Darfur following lengthy negotiations to reopen these routes after the authorities in Port Sudan revoked permissions for humanitarian corridors from Chad in February.
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The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, briefed ambassadors at the UN Security Council on 3 April, citing grave concerns about children being denied aid in several conflicts around the world. In Sudan, the world’s worst child displacement crisis, the violence and blatant disregard for permission to allow the delivery of humanitarian assistance essential to protect children from the impact of conflict in Darfur, Kordofan, Khartoum and beyond has greatly intensified their suffering.