Sudan Humanitarian Update (25 April 2024) [EN/AR]
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HIGHLIGHTS
• More than one-third of the country’s population are facing acute hunger, under a warning of potential famine as reported by FEWS NET.
• Humanitarian partners launched a famine prevention plan targeting 7.6 million people in 167 priority localities across the country.
• A staggering 4.9 million children under five years and pregnant and nursing women are estimated to be acutely malnourished in 2024.
• One year since the conflict erupted, more than 8.7 million people have fled their homes, including 4.6 million children.
• After the Paris Conference, international donors announced they will provide over $2 billion to support civilian populations in Sudan and those who sought refuge in neighbouring countries.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
Sudan is experiencing a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions. By all measures – the scale of escalating needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing potential famine – Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory leading to 13 per cent of the global internally displaced persons load –1 in every 8 internally displaced person worldwide.
On 29 March 2024, an IPC alert for Sudan was released outlining the dramatic situation of food insecurity in the country. Alarmingly 17.7 million people – more than one-third of the country’s population – are facing acute food insecurity (IPC3+) under a warning of potential famine issued by FEWS NET and underwritten by the Global IPC Group. Of these, 4.9 million people are on the brink of famine. Nearly 9 out of 10 people in IPC4 are in conflict-affected areas in Darfur, Kordofan, Khartoum and Aj Jazirah. With the onset of the lean season from April onwards, food insecurity is expected to further worsen. Khartoum and Aj Jazirah states, as well as greater Darfur and greater Kordofan, could face catastrophic outcomes in case of further intensification of the conflict, resulting on sustained displacement, and limited to no humanitarian access to to the population in need. Of highest concern are North Darfur and Khartoum states, including Omdurman locality, as well as areas in greater Darfur hosting IDPs in overcrowded camps.
On 12 April, humanitarian partners issued the Sudan Famine Prevention Plan 2024 to mitigate the food security crisis. Through the plan, 7.6 million people in 167 priority localities across the country will be provided live-saving assistance over a period of six months. A minimum of US $400 million is required immediately to be able to preposition supplies and respond before the start of the rainy season.
As food insecurity increases the nutrition situation continues to deteriorate. A staggering 4.9 million children under five years and pregnant and nursing women are estimated to be acutely malnourished in 2024 and need urgent lifesaving assistance. This is a 22 per cent increase compared to 2023. Out of the 4.9 million, about 730,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition.