The UN and the crisis in Sudan (Jan-Jun 2025)

8.9 million
people internally displaced (UNHCR, May 2026)
150,000+
reportedly killed
33.7 million
people in need of assistance (OCHA, May 2026)

What is the crisis about?

On 15 April 15, 2023, the fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The armed conflict is affecting millions of lives in Sudan and causing mass displacement, food insecurity and education challenges that require immediate humanitarian help.

Right now, Sudan is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe with over 25 million people in desperate need of assistance.

More information on the background to the conflict.

Recent Statements and News

4 March

  • Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan: Statement by the Humanitarian Coordination Forum (OCHA)

3 March

  • Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict (UNICEF)

28 February

  • Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP (UN News)
  • Joint EU-UNEP initiative to boost food security and resilience of rural communities in and around Sudan’s Dinder National Park (UNEP)
  • Second phase of PROSPECTS launched in Sudan, empowering host and forcibly displaced communities (ILO)

27 February

UNMISS women police officers provide support during a protection of civilian mission in Juba, South Sudan.

The head of UN peacekeeping operations on Thursday called for more investment in the UN Police service, highlighting the mounting challenges officers face in conflict affected regions. (UN News)

  • Sudan is a powder keg, High Commissioner Türk warns Human Rights Council (OHCHR)
  • Protect civilians in Sudan, they have suffered enough in nearly two years of conflict – Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami (RC/HC)
  • Cholera surges in Sudan’s White Nile State, more than 292,000 children at risk in Kosti (UNICEF)
  • Fortieth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to the United Nations Security Council pursuant to Resolution 1593 (2005)  (ICC)

26 February

  • Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, OCHA, on behalf of Mr. Tom Fletcher, USG for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Sudan (OCHA)
  • Sudan crisis requires unprecedented action, OCHA tells Security Council (OCHA)
  • WFP forced to pause food distributions in Sudan’s Zamzam camp as fighting intensifies (WFP)
  • USG Lacroix concludes Abyei visit, reaffirms commitment to stability – Sudan (UNISFA)
  • Japan Deepens its Support to Emergency Health and Border (IOM)
  • Any peace deal must respect national sovereignty, UN envoy says (UN News)
  • Conflict has turned parts of Sudan ‘into a hellscape,’ Security Council hears (UN News)

24 February

  • Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Sudan (OSSG)

20 February

  • People living with HIV fight stigma and start new lives (UNDP)

19 February

  • Ms. Clementine Nkweta-Salami, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan (OCHA, UN RC/HC Sudan)

18 February

  • Entrenched impunity fuelling gross human rights violations and abuses (OHCHR)

17 February

  • The Sudan conflict: What’s really going on (OCHA)
  • UN relief chief urges support for Sudan, says “civilians paying the highest price” (OCHA)
  • UN urges global action to protect and support civilians devastated by Sudan’s war (OCHA)
  • UN urges global action to protect and support civilians devastated by Sudan’s war (UNHCR)

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