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03 January 2025
Sudan: sub-region profile of South Kordofan, West Kordofan and Blue Nile
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This report aims to provide an overview of the current situation in the three states, focusing on the key factors driving conflict and instability. The report analyses the humanitarian impacts and compounding factors within these regions.
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02 January 2025
Sudan: cholera situation
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This analysis is based on a review of both public and non-public secondary sources, including documents produced by international organisations, UN agencies, research institutes, and local and international media, complemented by an interview with a health expert.
07 October 2024
Sudan Scenarios (2024 - 2025)
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A region-by-region analysis of possible developments affecting humanitarian needs and operations in Sudan until December 2025.
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14 August 2024
Sudan situational update: Khartoum state
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The Sudanese capital of Khartoum has been the epicentre of the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that started on 15 April 2023. The eruption of violence in the capital effected a widespread disruption of social and administrative order.
07 August 2024
Sudan: Food security situation
DOCUMENT / PDF / 900 KB
This report aims to highlight the food security situation in Sudan, focusing on the drivers of the crisis to analyse how it developed. It also aims to identify vulnerabilities among the affected populations to potentially target and prioritise aid.
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05 July 2024
Ethiopia: situation and needs of Sudanese refugees in Amhara region
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This report analyses the humanitarian needs of Sudanese refugees hosted at the Kumer and Awlala refugee camps, those who left and are sheltering outside, and the factors aggravating the situation in order to support humanitarian decision-making.
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20 June 2024
Sudan: anticipated impacts of the rainy season
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Sudan is anticipating severe humanitarian challenges during the 2024 rainy season, influenced by conflict and environmental factors. The seasonal forecast predicts above-average rainfall and higher-than-average temperatures across southern and central states, with potential La Niña conditions enhancing the rainy season from August–September.
19 June 2024
Sudan: snapshot of humanitarian access
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This report aims to highlight Sudan’s current access situation, using a regional focus to account for regions’ markedly different access situations.
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22 May 2024
Sudan: Impact of long-term displacement in the North
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Since 15 April 2023, clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, have caused widespread displacement. IDPs are moving northwards into River Nile and Northern states, which offer security and potential routes to leave the country altogether.
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08 March 2024
Sudan: impact of long-term displacement in the East
DOCUMENT / PDF / 463 KB
The fighting that broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces on 15 April 2023 has displaced over 7.76 million people both inside and outside Sudan. The largest number of IDPs originated from Khartoum state. Around 1.61 million individuals have crossed into neighbouring countries.
29 February 2024
Sudan: protection concerns ten months into the war
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Ten months into the war, human rights violations constitute the current protection crisis in Sudan. These violations include the deliberate targeting of civilians, conflict-related sexual violence, and enforced disappearances among others. Humanitarian access challenges resulting from insecurity and obstructions to the aid response compound this complex crisis, further increasing protection needs.
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27 February 2024
Sudan: healthcare and epidemics in the context of hunger
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Since 15 April 2023, when conflict erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces, the situation has continued to deteriorate, with over eight million people forcibly displaced. Sudan’s health system has been stretched to near collapse, with reduced capacity despite overwhelming need as disease outbreaks, malnutrition, and non-communicable diseases are on the rise.
23 January 2024
Sudan: Humanitarian response by local, national actors and the diaspora
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This report aims to highlight the roles, capacities, and challenges that Sudanese humanitarians face in responding to the needs of conflict-affected people. Since armed confrontations broke out, the local humanitarian landscape has evolved, but little is known and understood of local capacities.
23 January 2024
Sudan: impact of the war on women and girls
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This report focuses on specific protection threats affecting women and girls, impacts relating to health and nutrition, access to services, and the most affected groups as a result of the conflict that began in April 2023
17 November 2023
Sudan: Impact of the conflict on children
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As at 30 September, the escalation of violence in April had forcibly displaced at least 2.6 million children, the largest in the world. The effects of displacement on children are deep and far-reaching, leaving them vulnerable to a range of physical and psychological challenges and often grappling with feelings of insecurity and uncertainty.
18 October 2023
Sudan: scenarios
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The scenarios consider four different yet plausible futures for Sudan until October 2024, including their possible impacts and humanitarian consequences. Each scenario considers the differences in three main variables: conflict, governance, and socioeconomic conditions. Scenarios identify the potential change in people’s ability to meet their needs.
10 October 2023
Sudan: North Kordofan pre-crisis and current situation
DOCUMENT / PDF / 326 KB
On 15 April 2023, violence broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. The violence that started in Khartoum quickly spread to other states, including North Kordofan, resulting in deaths, mass displacement, and the breakdown of essential services.
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06 October 2023
Sudan: White Nile pre-crisis and current situation
DOCUMENT / PDF / 652 KB
On 15 April 2023, the alliance between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces collapsed into violence. The conflict that began in Khartoum has spread across the country, causing death, injuries, displacement, and destruction. The violence has displaced over five million people. The hostilities have not directly affected White Nile, but its safety and proximity to Khartoum have made it a main pathway for people leaving Sudan, providing a critical access point to South Sudan at Kosti.
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11 September 2023
Sudan: impact of current conflict on WASH needs
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While some reports document disruptions to water services or the scarcity of resources for the rapidly increasing population in certain states, few have explored how the armed conflict has modified patterns of WASH service use and interacted with the country’s WASH infrastructure and the workers in charge. This report seeks to address this information gap.
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29 August 2023
Sudan: Northern State pre-crisis and current situation
DOCUMENT / PDF / 930 KB
Since 15 April 2023, violence in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has created a significant surge of people seeking safety in Northern state to attempt to cross into Egypt.