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What is happening in Sudan?

More than two years of war has plunged Sudan into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, leaving 24.8 million people reliant on humanitarian aid. More than 8.8 million people – two million of them children under five years old – have been forced to flee their homes and live in camps where conditions are abysmal, also making this the world’s largest displacement crisis.

It is estimated that 150,000 people have been killed, but the actual number is likely much higher as fatalities are believed to be under-reported and the number of people who die from hunger, disease and lack of basic services rise daily.

Communities are reporting horrific violence such as the mass rape of women, and civilians being enslaved or buried alive.

This brutal conflict has destroyed critical infrastructure and livelihoods, with 47% of the working age population now unemployed, as the economy collapses. Meanwhile, more than 7 million children have had their education disrupted.

Diseases like malaria, measles and cholera more recently are rife. Around three-quarters of hospitals in conflict-affected areas are no longer operational, leaving most people without access to healthcare.

Famine conditions are spreading 

Fighting has spread to many key agricultural regions, which has devastated food production. Many farmers have told Islamic Relief staff that it is too dangerous to access their fields to plant or harvest crops, while trucks transporting food to markets are regularly looted.

• It is estimated that 25 million people in Sudan are being affected by famine.
• Food prices have increased by an estimated 83% in the past year – and more than doubled in many areas.
• 95% of displaced people say that the food that is available to them is unaffordable

Islamic Relief’s response in Sudan 

Islamic Relief has worked in Sudan since 1984. It is now one of the most dangerous and difficult places to deliver humanitarian aid, with dozens of aid workers killed, offices looted and regular bureaucratic obstruction.

Despite the many challenges – including needing to relocate our main office several times as the violence has spread – we have delivered vital aid to more than 1.2 million people across the country during this crisis.

53,333 

people accessed healthcare

5,771

people received psychosocial support

36,224

farmers received agricultural support

52

health facilities supported in Al Jazirah, Central Darfur, Gedaref and Sennar states

Our commitment to the people of Sudan

We have worked in Sudan for 40 years, and will remain by the sides of families caught up in this horrific violence.

Thank you for your ongoing support of our efforts in the country.