Sudan Situation
Millions have been forced to flee.
Sudan is facing one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, driven by a power struggle between rival military forces. The fighting has crippled the economy and pushed millions into hunger, while humanitarian organizations struggle to deliver aid because of insecurity, blocked access, and growing needs.
Photo: ©UNHCR/Samuel Otieno
The people of Sudan are facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Please help us reach refugees and internally displaced people with life-saving assistance.
Essential items
including blankets, sleeping mats, kitchen sets, buckets, and soap
Emergency shelter
Sanitation
What is happening in Sudan?
Sudan is now the world’s largest displacement crisis. Around one in three people in Sudan has been forced to flee their home, driving one of the biggest displacement emergencies globally. Nearly 12 million people are displaced, including millions who remain uprooted inside the country and more than four million refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries, most of them to Chad and Egypt. More than 30 million people – most of Sudan’s population – urgently need humanitarian assistance. Children make up the majority of those uprooted, while hunger, disease outbreaks, and climate shocks are deepening suffering. Humanitarian efforts are stretched to the limit by insecurity, access constraints, and severe funding shortfalls.
How can I help people in Sudan?
The simplest way to support is through our secure online donation form. You can choose to give monthly or make a one-time gift, either personally or on behalf of your organization. Your contribution will help Sudanese refugees and internally displaced families who need it most, our donors make this life-saving work possible. All donations to UNHCR are tax-deductible.
Where can I access the latest data and reports?
Sudan Operations—for the latest on UNHCR’s relief work to protect displaced people inside Sudan.
What is UNHCR doing?
UNHCR is providing life-saving support both inside Sudan and across the region.
In Sudan, UNHCR is helping refugees and displaced families by providing:
- Emergency shelter
- Health care and psychosocial support
- Protection services
- Cash assistance to help families meet basic needs
- Essential household items such as blankets, kitchen supplies, and hygiene kits
In neighbouring countries including Chad, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic, UNHCR:
- Assists people fleeing Sudan at border areas
- Helps move refugees from overcrowded border locations to safer refugee camps
- Supports transit centres for around 800,000 South Sudanese returnees who were living in Sudan before the conflict
Across the region, UNHCR also:
- Leads a coordinated regional response with 111 partner organisations to support refugees, returnees, and other people affected by the crisis in seven countries
- Supporting longer-term improvements such as access to schools and health services for displaced families and the communities hosting them
Despite these efforts, severe funding shortages are putting this critical work at risk.
Did you know that more than half of Sudan’s population needs urgent, life-saving humanitarian support?
“There are days when I don’t eat. The last time I didn’t eat was the day before yesterday. I just lay down and drank water that day. My children didn’t eat either and they were crying because of hunger.”
A Sudanese refugee, Ledy Zaka, 22, sits in front of her shelter with her children, Maram Same, 3, and Christian Same, 4 months, in Doro refugee camp in Maban, South Sudan.
Photo: © UNHCR/Tiksa Negeri
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