Sudan is plunging deeper into catastrophe as civil war, famine, and disease devastate communities across the war-torn country.
Relentless fighting between the General Abdel Fattah al Burhan’s army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has displaced millions, severed aid routes, and crippled vital infrastructure. Since war erupted in April 2023, both sides have battled for control, turning civilian towns into frontlines and destroying any sense of safety.
People are resorting to eating animal feed and hay to survive. Prices of smuggled goods are five times the national average. Doctors and aid workers report widespread malnutrition, with children and adults alike unable to find even a single meal per day.
“The children are malnourished, the adults are malnourished. Even I haven’t eaten today,” one doctor said, speaking anonymously for safety. Efforts to flee the violence offer no escape, as fleeing families face deadly ambushes, theft, abductions, and killings on Sudan’s crumbling roads.
Humanitarian shelters in safer zones are overwhelmed, lacking food, shelter, and water, with people sleeping under rain-soaked straw roofs. Aid organisations report a spiralling cholera outbreak, worsened by the rainy season, poor sanitation, and unreliable access to clean water.
Since June, thousands of cases have been treated, with over 50 deaths and fears that the disease could spread further unchecked. Only a small fraction of displaced people have reliable access to water or toilets, worsening health and hygiene conditions daily.
Despite international calls for a humanitarian pause, the warring sides refuse to halt attacks, prolonging Sudan’s suffering with no resolution in sight. As the conflict rages, Sudan faces the risk of total collapse—fragmenting under the combined weight of war, hunger, and neglect.
