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SITUATION UPDATE
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A year of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan has pushed parts of the country to a famine-like conditions1, exacerbating pre-existing challenges of escalating hunger, a failing healthcare system, a critical malnutrition rate and widespread poverty. With a total of 10.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), including those displaced prior to the crisis, Sudan now faces the world’s largest and fastest internal displacement crisis.2
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According to the International Monetary Fund, the economy contracted by 18.3 percent in 2023 and is projected to shrink by 4.2 percent in 2024.3 The conflict has impacted agriculture and trade, depleted food stocks and is pushing more families into hunger. The recent IPC alert signals a worsening food security crisis in Sudan.
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Continued conflict, limited funding and access to humanitarian assistance and impending lean season4 starting in May is expected to worsen the situation in the coming months.
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Urgent action is required to ensure unrestricted access and increased funding to sustain and expand food assistance and avert the risk of famine in parts of West Darfur, Khartoum, and among displaced population, particularly in hard-to-reach areas of Greater Darfur.
Cross-border impact of the crisis
• Since the conflict began, 1.8 million have fled Sudan to Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan. The widespread displacement, coupled with the anticipated macroeconomic consequences, has exacerbated the already severe humanitarian situation in Sudan and its neighbouring countries.
• The food insecurity crisis in South Sudan is projected to deteriorate during the lean season from April to July, with some parts of the country at risk of facing catastrophic conditions (IPC 5) in the third quarter of 2024. The conflict in Sudan and the risk of La Niña-induced flooding heighten already critical needs.
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