Sudan’s army-controlled interior ministry reported on Tuesday that at least 68 people have died as a result of an unusually heavy rainy season this year.
The intense rainfall has led to collapsed shelters and widespread flooding, exacerbating the crisis in the war-torn country.
The ongoing conflict between General al-Burhan’s army (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which shows no sign of ending despite recent peace talks, has already created the world’s largest displacement crisis and pushed half the population into food insecurity.
Administrative and security issues, coupled with inadequate funding, have severely hampered aid deliveries across many parts of Sudan.
The current rains, the heaviest since 2019, have affected the west, north, and east of the country, where 10.7 million people are displaced in camps, homes, schools, or are living outdoors.
This includes the famine-stricken Zamzam camp in North Darfur, which houses 500,000 people, and the eastern states of Kassala and al-Gedaref, where many have fled from RSF advances.
Since June 1, more than 44,000 people have been displaced by the floods, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Mohamed Refaat, IOM Sudan mission chief, stated that “families are losing what little they have left, and critical infrastructure has been washed away, disrupting vital humanitarian aid.”
A total of 73,000 people across 11 of Sudan’s 18 states have been affected.
The army-run interior ministry also reported that 12,000 homes have been fully or partially destroyed by the rains, and approximately 198,000 feddans of farmland have been damaged.
These figures reflect only the regions controlled by the army in the north and east of the country.
