Latest updates on country situation
24 June 2025
Between 18–21 June 2025, renewed violence and worsening economic conditions displaced around 1,300 people from Abu Shouk IDP camp and Al Fasher town, North Darfur. Most were displaced within Al Fasher, while others moved to Al Serief and Tawila localities. The displaced families currently face urgent needs, including shelter, food, WASH, and protection assistance. (IOM 22/06/2025)
17 June 2025
In June 2025, severe hunger was reported in Jabal Awliya city, about 40km south of Khartoum. The conflict continues to disrupt food access and livelihoods. The area, which hosts many displaced families, faces rising food insecurity amid collapsing services and limited aid. The spread of Famine (IPC Phase 5) risk into central Sudan marks a significant deterioration of the humanitarian crisis. (UN 10/06/2025, AJ 10/06/2025)
10 June 2025
On 3 June 2025, an attack on a 15-truck convoy near Koma in North Darfur killed five Sudanese aid workers contracted by UN humanitarian agencies. The trucks had travelled over 1,800km from Port Sudan carrying nutritional supplies to Al Fasher, a city facing severe acute food insecurity with risks of famine and hosting hundreds of thousands of displaced people. The convoy was 80km from its destination awaiting clearance when it was ambushed despite conflict parties being notified of planned movement. Several members of the convoy were injured and trucks were destroyed. This would have been the first convoy in over a year to reach Al Fasher. The attack further isolates a population in urgent need of food, nutrition support for children, and protection from accessing humanitarian aid and assistance. Al Fasher and nearby displacement camps, including Zamzam, host people repeatedly displaced and cut off from assistance amid escalating violence. (WFP/UNICEF 03/06/2025, AJ 10/06/2025)
10 June 2025
Khartoum state has recorded over 7,700 cholera cases and 185 deaths since January 2025, with more than 1,000 infections among children under five. Daily cases spiked in May, reaching over 800 per day. Displaced families returning to damaged homes face widespread water shortages owing to power outages and conflict. Unsafe water use is accelerating the outbreak. (UNICEF 28/05/2025, ECHO 05/06/2025)
27 May 2025
By April 2025, Sudan had recorded nearly 60,000 cholera cases and over 1,640 deaths across 12 states since August 2024. Al Jazirah, Gedaref, Khartoum, and Red Sea states are among the worst affected. Displacement, unsafe water, and a collapsed health system with many facilities nonfunctional are fuelling the outbreak. People need urgent WASH and health support. (WHO 27/05/2025, IRC 27/05/2025, MSF 23/05/2025)
20 May 2025
From 1–2 May 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked and captured Al Nahud town in West Kordofan state, killing up to 300 civilians, including women and children. The town is considered strategically important thanks to its location on key trade routes and its role as a gateway to Darfur. Reports indicate the RSF's involvement in widespread looting, executions, and attempts to prevent civilians from fleeing. Around 43,000 people have been displaced from Al Nahud and Al Khiwai, with the majority fleeing to nearby areas in West and North Kordofan. They urgently need protection, food, shelter, and medical care. Until 18 March, over 406,000 people had been internally displaced in West Kordofan, many displaced several times. Humanitarian access remains severely limited owing to frequent movement restrictions resulting from armed conflict and bureaucratic constraints. (TRT Global 03/05/2025, IOM 11/05/2025, AA 03/05/2025)
07 May 2025
On 6 May 2025, drone attacks targeted Port Sudan's airport, fuel storage, and power facilities, causing fires and power outages and suspending aid flights. Port Sudan hosts thousands of IDPs, primarily from Khartoum and Al Jazirah states. The strikes have disrupted humanitarian operations in the city, which serves as a critical hub for aid delivery across Sudan. (Reuters 06/05/2025, Small Arms Survey accessed 15/05/2025, AP 06/05/2025)
current crises
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Sudan
These crises have been identified through the INFORM Severity Index, a tool for measuring and comparing the severity of humanitarian crises globally.
SDN001 - Complex crisis
Last updated 12/06/2025
Drivers
International Displacement
Conflict/ Violence
Political/economic crisis
Crisis level
Country
Severity level
4.7 Very High
Access constraints
5.0
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Sudan
24 June 2025
Sudan: Anticipated effects of the 2025 rainy season on malnutrition drivers in Darfur
DOCUMENT / PDF / 473 KB
This report aims to examine how the 2025 rainy season is expected to affect malnutrition drivers in Darfur, a region already facing critical levels of malnutrition, food insecurity, displacement, and health system collapse.
23 May 2025
Sudan: risk of continued drone strikes on Port Sudan
DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB
On 4 May 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a series of drone strikes on Port Sudan, the administrative and humanitarian hub of the country since the beginning of the armed conflict in April 2023. The aerial attacks with loitering munitions lasted six consecutive days until 9 May.
29 April 2025
Sudan: Displacement from Zamzam Camp
DOCUMENT / PDF / 729 KB
On 11 April, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) conducted a three-day assault on Zamzam camp, the largest camp for displaced people in Sudan, located in North Darfur, around 15km south of El Fasher City, resulting in the displacement of at least 406,265 (81%) of the camp’s inhabitants.
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10 April 2025
Sudan: Humanitarian access developments (October 2024 to March 2025)
DOCUMENT / PDF / 19 MB
This report highlights the key developments affecting humanitarian access in Sudan between October 2024 and March 2025 at both the national and subnational levels, accounting for significant regional variations in access constraints. This is a follow-up report to the 27 June 2024 ACAPS report on humanitarian access in Sudan.
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13 March 2025
Sudan: implications of the US AID funding cuts
DOCUMENT / PDF / 289 KB
This report analyses the actual and potential implications of the US funding freeze, SWOs, and subsequent cuts on humanitarian operations and humanitarian needs in Sudan.