The UN and the crisis in Sudan (Jul-Dec 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

19 September

  • Stop the atrocities in Darfur: Civilians must be protected, Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown (OCHAUN RC/HC Sudan)
  • Sudan crisis: Surge in summary executions by all warring parties (UN News)
  • Sudan crisis deepens amid rising civilian casualties, growing ethnic violence and grim humanitarian situation – UN report (OHCHR)

15 September

Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe

© UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih Patients receive treatment in a tent outside a hospital in Khartoum, as Sudan’s health system comes under severe strain from attacks, shortages, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters.
© UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih Patients receive treatment in a tent outside a hospital in Khartoum, as Sudan’s health system comes under severe strain from attacks, shortages, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters.

The United Nations has sounded the alarm over Sudan’s spiralling crisis, warning that deadly attacks in El Fasher, the collapse of essential services, and mass displacement are pushing millions in Darfur and beyond closer to catastrophe. (UN News)

12 September

  • As children continue to suffer, school remains a distant hope (UN News)

9 September

IOM Resumes Operations in Khartoum, Over 2 Million Return Amidst Sudan War (IOM)

Families returning to Khartoum face a mounting task of rebuilding their lives and livelihoods amid damaged homes and limited access to basic services. Photo: IOM
Families returning to Khartoum face a mounting task of rebuilding their lives and livelihoods amid damaged homes and limited access to basic services. Photo: IOM
  • Sudan’s people tortured and killed in ‘slaughterhouses’, rights probe says (UN News)

5 September

  • “A war of atrocities:” Sudan civilians deliberately targeted, UN Fact-Finding Mission reports international crimes on large-scale (OHCHR)

4 September

  • Landslide in Sharg Aj Jabal, South Darfur State – Flash Update No. 2 (OCHA)

2 September

  • Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Sudan, Luca Renda (OCHA, UN RC/HC Sudan)
  • IOM Spokesperson on the Catastrophic Landslide in Sudan (IOM)
  • DTM Sudan Flash Alert: Landslide Sharg Al Jabal locality (Tarsin village) South Darfur (Update 01) (IOM)
  • Landslide in Sharg Aj Jabal, South Darfur State – Flash Update No. 1 (OCHA)
  • Over 500 days of siege: Women and girls trapped in El Fasher face the risk of starvation and death (UN Women)

1 September

Key facts and figures for the Sudan crisis (As of 31 August 2025)
Key facts and figures for the Sudan crisis (As of 31 August 2025)

29 August

  • Secretary-General Condemns Relentless Attacks by Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s North Darfur, Urges Immediate Ceasefire (OSSG)

28 August

  • UN / SUDAN CHAD HUMANITARIAN: “In Sudan 30 million people are in need of some sort of emergency humanitarian assistance,” a UN Official said. (UNifeed)

27 August

  • After 500 days under siege, children in Sudan’s Al Fasher face starvation, mass displacement, and deadly violence (UNICEF)
  • UNICEF / SUDAN CHILDREN STARVATION: according to UNICEF, at least 600,000 people – half of them children – have been displaced from Al Fasher and surrounding camps in recent months. (UNifeed).

26 August

  • After 500 days under siege, children in Sudan’s Al Fasher face starvation, mass displacement, and deadly violence (UNICEF)

22 August

  • OHCHR / SUDAN DEADLY ATTACKS: brutal attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the besieged city of El Fasher and the adjoining Abu Shouk camp for displaced persons in North Darfur, Sudan, resulted in the killing of at least 89 civilians over a 10-day period up to 20 August (UNifeed).
  • Continuing killings of civilians in El Fasher and Abu Shouk camp (OHCHR)

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