The United Nations on Friday called for urgent aid to Sudan, where millions face a deepening humanitarian crisis amid relentless conflict.
Edem Wosornu, director at the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said just 55 cents per day is needed to assist each person. “Where we have access and security, and sufficient supplies and funding, we are able to provide aid,” Wosornu told a virtual briefing from Port Sudan.
She described Khartoum as a ghost town, once vibrant but now utterly destroyed by war’s relentless grip. “I have never seen anything like this in nearly a century of humanitarian work,” Wosornu said, calling it the worst crisis she has witnessed.
Sudan faces the world’s largest crisis, with 30 million people desperately needing aid, she warned, as funding remains critically low. To date, the UN has received only 23 percent of requested funding to address the escalating emergency.
Wosornu urged the international community to maintain funding and advocacy efforts, stressing that the spotlight must stay fixed on Sudan. She pleaded for an end to the conflict that has killed, maimed, and shattered countless lives and livelihoods.
“The human cost is staggering,” she said, “and the time to act is now before even more suffering unfolds.” Without swift and sustained aid, millions risk further devastation amid the shadows of war and despair.
