Sudan: Misery worsens amid plummeting aid for displaced people

Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is worsening as international aid funding falls, while fighting and drone strikes make it harder to deliver assistance. The IOM and UNHCR warn that emergency shelter and basic household supplies are running short, leaving more families exposed to severe weather, insecurity and exploitation.

The UN response plan needs $2.9 billion to assist 20.4 million people, but has received only 47% of its funding. Of Sudan’s 33.7 million people in need, 15.4 million require shelter and household goods, yet aid groups have reached only 10% of them. The war has displaced about 8.6 million people within Sudan and driven more than 4.6 million to neighbouring countries; access constraints and limited information make the scale of the crisis difficult to assess.