Devastation for Sudanese as outside powers fuel conflict

  • Sudan’s collapse is accelerating as a brutal civil war, fueled by outside powers, devastates civilians.
  • Today, more than 64% of Sudan’s population—30.4 million people—urgently need assistance, making it the largest humanitarian crisis on record.
  • Without swift action to safeguard civilians and civilian infrastructure, many Sudanese will be left without the humanitarian assistance they desperately need.
Read the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡'s 2025 Emergency Watchlist

Country facts

  • Population: 47 million
  • People in need of humanitarian support: 25 million
  • People displaced by conflict since April 2023: more than 10 million
  • People facing crisis levels of food insecurity or worse: 18 million

̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ response

  • Started work in Sudan: 1981
  • Scaling up program delivery across six offices