Sudan Humanitarian Update (25 January 2024) [EN/AR]
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HIGHLIGHTS
• Sudan is now the largest internal displacement crisis globally hosting an estimated 9.05 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of 31 December 2023.
• Sudan accounts for about 13 per cent of all IDPs globally and nearly 1 in every 8 IDPs worldwide is Sudanese.
• About 13,500 people were newly displaced within Sudan over the past week, IOM DTM reports.
• Close to 10,000 suspected cholera cases, including 275 associated deaths, were reported as of 20 January 2024 from 60 localities of 11 states.
• Various challenges - insecurity, looting, bureaucratic impediments, poor network and phone connectivity, lack of cash, and limited technical and humanitarian staff on the ground – have been affecting the delivery of humanitarian assistance in many parts of the country.
• The 2024 Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan appeal is 3.1 per cent funded as of 25 January 2024.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
Sudan is now the largest internal displacement crisis globally hosting an estimated 9.05 million displaced persons (IDPs) as of 31 December 2023, according to the International Organization for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM DTM). Since mid-April 2023, armed clashes in multiple cities across the country have displaced an estimated 6 million people over the past nine months. Prior to this, Sudan was already hosting an estimated 3.8 million IDPs. This means that Sudan hosts approximately 13 per cent of all the IDPs globally and nearly 1 in every 8 IDPs worldwide is Sudanese.
More than nine months after the war erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April 2023 in the capital Khartoum, about 7.6 million people have fled their homes, taking refuge inside and outside Sudan. Since 15 April 2023, about 6.1 million people have been displaced within Sudan, increasing by an estimated 13,500 people over the past week, according to the International Organization for Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM DTM) Sudan Weekly Displacement Snapshot (18). The 6.1 million IDPs are sheltering in 6,482 locations across all of Sudan’s 18 states, an increase of 127 locations in one week. The majority of IDPs – 67 per cent – are residing in host communities, compared to 6 per cent living in camps. The highest number of IDPs were observed in South Darfur (12 per cent), followed by River Nile (11 per cent), East Darfur (11 per cent), White Nile (8 per cent), North Darfur (8 per cent) and Aj Jazirah (7 per cent). IOM DTM field teams report that the IDPs were originally displaced from 12 states; the majority of people displaced, about 3.5 million (58 per cent of all people displaced internally) are from Khartoum State, followed by South Darfur (15 per cent), North Darfur (8 per cent), Aj Jazirah (8 per cent), Central Darfur 4 per cent), West Darfur (3 per cent), and the rest in other six states. In addition, about 1.5 million people have crossed into neighbouring countries since 15 April 2023, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).