The UN and the crisis in Sudan (Jul-Dec 2025)

12.5 million
forcibly displaced since 15 April 2023
50,000+
reportedly killed
30.4 million
people in need of assistance

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.

Latest developments

21 August

  • UN / SUDAN UPDATE: a drone attack on a humanitarian convoy near Al Melit in North Darfur State of Sudan on August 20 destroyed three trucks carrying food aid for vulnerable families, the United Nations said (UNifeed).

19 August

  • “He gave everything for others.” Wife of slain humanitarian worker reflects on his life (UNOCHA)

18 August

  • UNICEF / SUDAN MADANI VISIT: UNICEF Representative Sheldon Yett, accompanied by the Governor of Aj Jazirah State, partners and UNICEF staff visited Sudan during the official inauguration of the UNICEF office in Wad Madani (UNifeed).

17 August

First Person: From aid worker to refugee and back in war-torn Sudan

Destroyed vehicles outside Fedal Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan.
Destroyed vehicles outside Fedal Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. © Avaaz/Giles Clarke

Adam Ibrahim was working with the UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, in his home country, Sudan, when conflict between rival armed forces erupted in early 2023 and he became a refugee alongside thousands of others who continue to flee the ongoing violence. (UN News)

15 August

  • An aid worker returns to Sudan (OCHA)

13 August

  • WFP calls for humanitarian access, as Sudanese city grapples with starvation (WFP)
  • Türk outraged after RSF kills at least 57 civilians in El Fasher and Abu Shouk IDP camp (OHCHR)

12 August

  • Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Sudan, Sheldon Yett (OCHA, UN RC/HC Sudan)

5 August

  • One year after famine first confirmed in Sudan, WFP warns that people trapped in El Fasher face starvation (WFP)
  • UN expert concludes official visit to Port Sudan, expressing alarm at deteriorating human rights situation (OHCHR)
  • Women-led households at triple risk of severe food insecurity in Sudan (UN Women)
  • Press briefing by UN Women on the severe food insecurity crisis in Sudan (UN Women)

1 August

  • “I don’t know how to start again.” A displaced family returns home in Sudan (OCHA)

31 July

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

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

30 July

  • Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify (UN News)
  • UN/Sudan Update (UNifeed)

28 July

UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country

© WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei The World Food Programme (WFP) delivers food in Omdurman, Sudan.
© WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei The World Food Programme (WFP) delivers food in Omdurman, Sudan.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is alarmed by escalating health and food crises across Sudan, notably as cholera cases continue to rise in the locality of Tawila, North Darfur state (UN News).

25 July

  • 1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery (UN News)
  • Urgent Support Needed as Over 1.3 Million War-displaced Sudanese Begin to Return Home (IOM)
  • Geneva/Sudan Displaced Return (UNifeed)
  • UNHCR/Sudan Returnees (UNifeed)

24 July

  • Sudan Humanitarian Update (June – July 2025) (OCHA)
  • Born in the shadows of shattered walls (UNFPA)

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