A global monitoring group warns that over 40% of Sudan’s population now faces acute food insecurity as the conflict enters its fourth year.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reports nearly 19.5 million people are struggling with extreme food gaps and severe starvation.
Approximately 135,000 individuals have reached Phase 5, a critical stage defined by high levels of malnutrition and death from disease.
Conditions are expected to deteriorate further during the upcoming lean season between June and September as resources continue to dwindle.
Medical experts estimate that 825,000 children under age five will suffer from severe acute malnutrition throughout the remainder of 2026.
This humanitarian catastrophe stems from the 2023 outbreak of war between General Abdel Fattah al Burhan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces.
At least 59,000 people have died and 13 million remain displaced while infrastructure for healthcare and sanitation collapses nationwide.
While no new areas are currently designated as being in famine, 14 provinces face an imminent risk of total collapse.
Agricultural production is stalling as the conflict in the Middle East drives up costs for essential fertilizers, gasoline, and irrigation.
Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz has stranded commercial ships, cutting off over half of the fertilizer imports for Sudan.
The resulting 30% surge in fuel prices has left farmers unable to power equipment, further threatening the nation’s fragile food supply.
