2 July
Millions of people have been forced out of Sudan as the brutal civil war continues to spread, including in Sinja Town, south of the capital Khartoum, where UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that more than 55,000 people have already fled.
- To provide lifesaving aid to those forced out of Sudan, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), revised its original $1.4 billion appeal to $1.5 billion. (UN News)
- As fighting rages in Sudan, refugee aid efforts expand to two new countries (UNHCR)
1 July
Unidentified armed men in Sudan on Sunday attacked UN World Food Programme (WFP) trucks carrying food assistance meant for thousands of civilians in need in central Darfur, the agency reported. (UN News)
- Sudan flash update – conflict in Sinja, Sennar State (OCHA)
28 June
“I came here from Sudan where almost the entire population of school-aged children – some 17 million children– have been out of school since the war began over a year ago.
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the G7 Ministerial meeting on Education in Trieste, Italy
Statement by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNDP Administrator on the food crisis in Sudan
27 June
The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by leading hunger experts who warned that the country faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded”, with no less than 14 areas at the highest level of risk. (UN News)
- WFP is calling for funds and humanitarian access to avert famine in Sudan. (WFP)
- Sudan is facing an unprecedented hunger catastrophe, say UN Agency Chiefs (WFP)
- New data reveals that over 750,000 people are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with 25.6 million people in crisis levels of hunger (UNICEF)
26 June
More than 400 children reportedly killed or injured in Sudan’s El Fasher in past seven weeks while hunger continues to haunt the country’s children (UNICEF)
24 June
Heavy fighting in Sudan hit a new low over the weekend when a maternity hospital in besieged El Fasher city came under attack, killing a pharmacy worker and prompting new calls on Monday from the head of the UN health agency for the violence to stop. (UN News)
23 June
Statement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine NkwetaSalami, on attack on hospital in Al Fasher, North Darfur. (OCHA)
20 June
World Food Programme boosting operations to support an additional 5 million people by the end of the year – and avert famine in the war-torn country (WFP)
19 June
On his second visit to Sudan since the outbreak of war last year, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned today that without concerted peace efforts, many more people will flee the brutal war in Sudan and into neighbouring countries. (UNHCR)
“It’s war. Run.” Fighting between factions in Sudan’s military has plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis (UNDP)
18 June
The UN Security Council in New York focused on the worsening crisis in Sudan as civilians continue to suffer amidst the brutal fighting between rival militaries, while the Geneva-based Human Rights Council heard independent investigators describe combatants’ “blatant disregard” for fundamental human rights and international law. (UN News)
- UN relief head in war-torn Sudan warns ‘we’re in a race against time’ as famine looms (UN News)
- Sexual violence and conflict in Sudan: A war on the bodies of women and girls (UNFPA)
- Oral update by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan (UN Human Rights Council)
12 June
G7 leaders can and must prevent human-made famine – Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA)
10 June
At least six children reportedly killed in escalating violence in Sudan’s El Fasher as thousands more young lives hang in the balance (UNICEF)
7 June
Since the war broke out in the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, in April 2023, Sudan has witnessed the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. The Sudanese civilians have fled to the different Sudan states and different countries for safety. (UNESCO)
6 June
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently expanding its emergency food and nutrition assistance in war-torn Sudan amid the looming threat of famine, as conditions for civilians deteriorate and fighting intensifies in battle zones like El Fasher and Khartoum
(WFP)
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Sudan (OSSG)
