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Highlights
- UNFPA is responding to the reproductive health and protection needs of women and girls displaced from eastern Aj Jazirah State. Since 20 October 2024, more than 343,500 people have fled their homes following armed attacks on over 30 villages and towns.
Situation Overview
- Since mid-April 2023, the ongoing conflict, along with previous conflicts dating back to 2003, has led to Sudan becoming the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. Approximately 11.4 million people– or one in every five individuals in Sudan – are now displaced. This figure includes 8.6 million people displaced since mid-April 2023 and an additional 2.75 million people displaced prior to this date. Around 3 million people have fled to neighboring countries, including the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda.
- Conflict and displacement update: Since 20 October 2024, escalating violence in Aj Jazirah State has forcibly displaced approximately 343,500 people, following armed attacks on over 30 villages and towns. Reports indicate that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have indiscriminately targeted civilians, committing acts of sexual violence against women and girls, burning farms, and looting homes and markets. Gender-based Violence (GBV) actors, including the Ministry of Health, have reported an increase in cases, particularly of rape and sexual assault. Women and girls are in urgent need of reproductive health services, mental health and psychosocial support. They also require clothing and sanitary/hygiene items, as they have lost all their belongings during displacement.
- Health care update: Between January 1 and November 20, 2024, 61 attacks on healthcare have been reported, resulting in 155 deaths and 95 injuries. Reports continue to highlight violence, looting, and intimidation targeting health workers and patients. At the same time, cholera cases are surging nationwide, driven by the destruction and contamination of water sources following an unusually intense rainy season and severe flooding.
- Food insecurity and malnutrition: Sudan is facing the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded in the country by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Food insecurity and malnutrition in Sudan, particularly in Zamzam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, North Darfur, have worsened due to access restrictions and conflict. Around 755,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger (IPC 5) and close to 26 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.