The UN and the crisis in Sudan

11 June

• A Sudanese family’s journey to safety (OCHA)

17 May

• When the grid goes dark, sunlight can power farms, clinics and schools by UNDP Sudan (UNDP)

15 May

• Risk of Famine Continues to Stalk Families in Sudan as Hunger Deepens (WFP)
• Risk of Famine persists as nearly 19.5 million people face acute food insecurity in Sudan (WFP/FAO/UNICEF)
• UN / SUDAN FAMINE RISK (UNifeed)

14 May

• Sudan: Acute Food Insecurity Situation (IPC)
• War photographer Giles Clarke: We mustn’t turn away from Sudan’s suffering (UN News)

12 May

• Sudan Humanitarian Update (March – April 2026) (OCHA)
• Banjul Joint Declaration on Sudan (OHCHR)

11 May

• Türk issues high alert on widening Sudan conflict amid increased use of drones (OHCHR)
• OHCHR / SUDAN ARMED DRONES USE (UNifeed)

5 May

• Education or food? Funding shortfalls force Sudanese refugees in Egypt to ‘make very difficult decisions’ (UN News)

3 May

• UNMAS Sudan Factsheet (January – March 2026) (UNMAS)

30 April

• UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2026 awarded to the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (UNESCO)

29 April

• Sudan: Restoring life-saving services for returning families in Aj Jazirah (OCHA)

28 April

• Darfur: Two decades on, a new generation of children faces ‘horrific violence’ (UN News)
• Child Alert: 20 years on, children under threat in Darfur (UNICEF)
• “Children in Darfur have reached a breaking point” (UNICEF)
• Hunger intensifies in South Sudan as 7.8 million people face high acute food insecurity and 2.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition (WFP)

17 April

• UN / SUDAN POPULATION FUND PRESSER (UNifeed)

15 April

• UNHCR’s Salih urges civilian protection and sustained support as escalation in Lebanon continues (UNHCR)
• The Sudan war at three: The price a nation is paying (UNDP)
• Darfur’s survivors of a war #3YearsTooLong (OCHA)
• Five things you should know about Sudan’s food crisis (FAO)
• Three years on: from fleeing Sudan’s conflict to finding safety and purpose in Chad (UNHCR)
• UNESCO stands by the people of Sudan as it enters its fourth year of war (UNESCO)
• ‘Sudan is an atrocities laboratory’, UN aid chief tells Berlin conference (UN News)

14 April

• Sudan’s humanitarian workers continue to show up for their people (OCHA)
• Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown (RCO)
• After three years of conflict, Sudan faces a deeper health crisis (WHO)
• UN Human Rights expert on Sudan renews calls for dialogue, accountability as conflicts enters fourth year (OHCHR)
• UN Relief Chief: Three years on, Sudan remains a test the world is failing (OCHA)
• At least 245 child casualties in Sudan in the first 90 days of 2026 (UNICEF)
• Aid System Under Pressure as Needs Continue to Grow Three Years into Sudan War (IOM)
• OHCHR: UN Human Rights expert on Sudan renews calls for dialogue, accountability as conflicts enters fourth year (OHCHR)
• War has set Sudan’s economy back more than 30 years and extreme poverty could hit 60%, new analysis warns (UNDP)
• Three years of war: Sudan’s people abandoned and hungry (WFP)
• Sudan’s war on women: The number of people in need of sexual violence support quadruples as abuse of women and girls becomes the blueprint of war, three years on (UN Women)
• On third anniversary of conflict, UN and ACHPR-AU Fact-Finding Missions jointly warn of escalating violence and heightened risk of further atrocity crimes (OHCHR)

13 April

• Aid System Under Pressure as Needs Continue to Grow Three Years into Sudan War (IOM)

10 April

Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue as war enters fourth year 

As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry while the health system lies in ruins, with no end to the violence in sight, UN agencies said on Friday (UN News)

• UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING (UNOG)
• UN Geneva – Multimedia Newsroom : Three years of war in Sudan – UNHCR, FAO, WHO (UNOG)
• UNHCR / SUDAN THREE YEARS WAR (UNifeed)
• Three years on, war-weary Sudanese remain on the move (UNHCR)

9 April

• WFP Sudan Country Office to return to capital Khartoum after three years of war, as record hunger persists (WFP)
• Funding shortfalls put lifelines at risk for Sudanese refugees in Chad (WFP)

4 April

• Tedros Ghebreyesus: “WHO urges the international community: do not ignore Sudan” (WHO)

3 April

• ‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortages (UN News)

31 March

• IOM Moves to Expand Response in Sudan, Appeals for USD 277 Million (IOM)

30 March

Airstrike on funeral underscores rising civilian toll in Sudan

Fears are mounting for civilians caught up in Sudan’s deadly war between rival militaries as attacks intensify and humanitarian access shrinks, following a deadly airstrike on a funeral gathering in West Kordofan. (UN News)

24 March

• Gender Alert: Escalation of hostilities in Kordofan (UN Women)
• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Sudan (OSSG)
• Sudan: Sharp increase in civilian deaths as a result of growing drone warfare (OHCHR)

21 March

• WHO verifies deadly hospital attack in war-torn Sudan (UN News)

12 March

• Türk appalled by surge in deadly drone attacks on civilians in Kordofan and White Nile (OHCHR)

8 March

• Sudan declares an end to its cholera outbreak (WHO)

26 February

• High Commissioner Türk on Sudan: Let aid in and keep weapons out (OHCHR)

24 February

• Mr. Pekka Haavisto of Finland – Personal Envoy for Sudan (OSSG)

19 February

• Evidence in El-Fasher reveals genocidal campaign, targeting non-Arab communities, UN Fact-Finding Mission says (UN Human Rights Council)
• Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Sudan by Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director, Crisis Response Division, OCHA, on behalf of Tom Fletcher, USG and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA)

18 February

• Türk alarmed after scores killed in drone attacks in two days (OHCHR)

17 February

• As Sudan war approaches fourth year, humanitarian agencies appeal for support to refugees (UNHCR)
• Statement on Sudan by Under-Secretary-General Vanessa Frazier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (OSRSG Children and Armed Conflict)

16 February

• Geneva / Sudan UNICEF interview (UNifeed | UN News)

13 February

• RSF violations in capture of El Fasher amount to war crimes (OHCHR)
• Sudan Statement (WFP)

12 February

• 1,000 days : As the war approaches the 3-year mark, Sudan’s people can’t wait to rebuild their lives (UNDP)
• Building hope through water in North Darfur (OCHA)

11 February

• Quintet Joint Statement on de-escalation of the conflict in Sudan (IGAD)

10 February

• In Sudan, sick and starving children ‘wasting away’ (UN News)
• GENEVA / SUDAN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE (UNifeed)

9 February

• High Commissioner Türk calls on states to do more to end senseless war in Sudan (OHCHR)
• UN rights chief says worse is to come without international action (UN News)
• OHCHR / HRC TURK SUDAN (UNifeed)

6 February

• Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown – Attack on aid trucks transporting food in North Kordofan (UN RC/HC Sudan)
• UNFPA / SUDAN DISPLACEMENT KADUGLI GEDAREF (UNifeed)

5 February

Child malnutrition hits catastrophic levels in parts of Sudan

Acute malnutrition among children has reached catastrophic levels in parts of Sudan’s North Darfur and Greater Kordofan, UN-backed analysts warned on Thursday, as conflict, mass displacement and denials of aid push the country deeper into a famine-risk emergency. (UN News)

• What is Happening in Sudan? 10 Things You Should Know (IOM)
• Famine threshold for acute malnutrition surpassed in two more North Darfur localities, crisis worsening in Greater Kordofan (IPC)
• CAR / SUDAN BORDER FOOD AID (UNifeed)

4 February

• CAR / SUDANESE REFUGEE (UNifeed)

3 February

• UN Relief Chief calls for truce, protection as Sudan’s suffering deepens (OCHA)
• In Washington, Fletcher presses for action as Sudan war grinds on (UN News)

30 January

• UNICEF / SUDAN DARFUR CHILDREN (UNifeed)
• Darfur’s children living on a thin line between abandonment and hope (UNICEF)

20 January

• Sudan war leaves children mute as risk of new atrocities looms (UN News)
• Sudan: Warn about intensification in Kordofan (OHCHR)

19 January

• UN / SUDAN DARFUR ICC (UNifeed)

18 January

• Visiting Türk salutes Sudanese people’s struggle for peace, calls for accountability for atrocity crimes, violations and abuses (OHCHR)
• Human Rights Chief addresses the press in Port Sudan (OHCHR)

17 January

• SUDAN / TÜRK IDP CAMP VISIT (UNifeed)

16 January

• UNHCR / CHAD REFUGEES SALIH VISIT (UNifeed)
• In Chad, UNHCR’s Salih calls for urgent refugee support to save and rebuild lives (UNHCR)

15 January

• Families in Sudan pushed to the brink amidst brutal conflict and famine as WFP resources dry up (WFP)

9 January

• One-Third of Sudan Displaced in 1,000 Days of Conflict, IOM Urges Urgent and Sustained Action (IOM)
• “It was tragic”: Women and health workers in Sudan describe fleeing El Fasher (UNFPA)