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

22 July

  • Sudan: UN scales up response plan as humanitarian needs rise in Tawila (UN News)

18 July

Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan

UNHCR/Reason Moses Runyanga Families arrive at a transit centre in Renk, South Sudan, after fleeing escalating violence in Sudan.
©UNHCR/Reason Moses Runyanga Families arrive at a transit centre in Renk, South Sudan, after fleeing escalating violence in Sudan.

Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. (UN News)

17 July

  • Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief deplores killing of dozens of civilians in Kordofan (OHCHR)
  • UN rights chief condemns recent killing of scores of civilians in Sudan (UN News)

16 July

  • Sudan: UNICEF condemns weekend attacks that killed 35 children (UN News)

15 July

  • At least 35 children reportedly killed in attacks in communities in Sudan’s North Kordofan State (UNICEF)
  • Childhood immunization in Sudan sinks to its lowest in almost 40 years (UNICEF)
  • Scores killed in Sudan’s Kordofan region as fighting intensifies (UN News)

14 July

  • Sudan: Humanitarian needs deepen amid rising hostilities and heavy rains (UN News)

11 July

  • Malnutrition crisis deepens for Sudan’s children as war rages on (UN News)

10 July

International Criminal Court: War crimes, systematic sexual violence ongoing in Darfur 

UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal The conflict between rival militaries in Sudan has plunged the country, in particular the Darfur region, into a deep humanitarian crisis.
© UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal The conflict between rival militaries in Sudan has plunged the country, in particular the Darfur region, into a deep humanitarian crisis.

Systematic rape and sexual violence are being used as weapons of war in Darfur, the International Criminal Court (ICC) warned on Thursday, as part of a widening investigation into what its Deputy Prosecutor said are escalating atrocities against civilians in the conflict-ridden region. (UN News)

  • Number of severely malnourished children doubles in North Darfur as nutrition crisis deepens across Sudan (UNICEF)
  • UN / SUDAN ICC (UNifeed)

9 July

  • HIV Care in Port Sudan brings hope to thousands by UNDP Sudan (UNDP)

8 July

  • Support to smallholder associations helps meet input costs and boost profits for women farmers in more remote locations (UNDP)

7 July

  • UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate (UN News)
  • UN / SUDAN UPDATE (UNifeed)

1 July

UN warns of soaring displacement and looming floods 

© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke People displaced by the conflict in Sudan rest at a facility in eastern Sudan after fleeing Khartoum.
© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke People displaced by the conflict in Sudan rest at a facility in eastern Sudan after fleeing Khartoum.

UN humanitarians on Tuesday sounded the alarm over worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan, as escalating violence continues to displace civilians and the rising risk of severe flooding during the current rainy season. (UN News)

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