Sudan Humanitarian Update (19 October 2023) [EN/AR]
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HIGHLIGHTS
• After nearly six months of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces, more than 5.6 million people have been displaced within and outside Sudan.
• About 18,750 people were newly displaced within Sudan over the past week, bringing the total number of people displaced across the country since mid-April to 4.57 million.
• Sudan has become the largest internal displacement crisis in the world with over 7.1 million people displaced within the country.
• At least 45 aid workers have been killed or detained since 15 April – almost all national staff.
• The prices of wheat, sorghum and WFP local food basket increased in September 2023.
• The revised 2023 Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan appeal is only 33.5 per cent funded as of 19 October.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
Six months of war have plunged Sudan into one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history, with up to 9,000 people reportedly killed, more than 5.6 million driven from their homes and 25 million people in need of aid, Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in a statement on 15 October marking six months since the start of conflict in Sudan. For six months, civilians – particularly in Khartoum, Darfur and Kordofan – have known no respite from bloodshed and terror. Horrific reports of rape and sexual violence continue to emerge, and clashes are increasingly taking place along ethnic lines, particularly in Darfur. Aid workers continue to be stymied in reaching people in need, hampered by insecurity and red tape. At least 45 aid workers have been killed or detained since 15 April – almost all of them are national staff, Griffiths said.
Six months into the conflict, Sudan has become the largest internal displacement crisis in the world with over 7.1 million people displaced within the country, according to the latest figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). About 18,750 people were newly displaced within Sudan over the past week, bringing the total number of people displaced across the country since mid-April to 4.57 million, according to the IOM Sudan Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM DTM) Snapshot 7. The IDPs have been observed in 4,658 locations across all of Sudan’s 18 states – an increase of 11 locations over the past week. The weekly change in the number of newly displaced people has been much lower compared to the previous weeks, when it varied between 42,000 and 274,000 people reported newly displaced per a week since late August 2023.
The highest proportions of IDPs have been observed in River Nile (12.66 per cent), South Darfur (11.19 per cent), East Darfur (11.01 per cent), Aj Jazirah (8.07 per cent), Northern (7.97 per cent), and North Darfur (7.37 per cent). The majority of IDPs – about 3 million people or 69 per cent of the total – are from Khartoum state followed by South Darfur (14.58 per cent), North Darfur (7.97 per cent), Central Darfur (3.99 per cent), West Darfur (3.75%) and other states. In addition, about 1.1 million people have crossed into the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan as of 8 October, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).