The United Nations warned on Friday that nearly 34 million people in Sudan will require humanitarian assistance in 2026.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the conflict has driven needs to extraordinary levels, describing Sudan as the world’s most severe crisis.
He told reporters that the projected figure represents the highest number of people in need anywhere globally.
The humanitarian community is seeking $2.9 billion this year to assist more than 20 million people facing catastrophic conditions.
The funding would provide food, clean water, nutrition support, healthcare, protection services and education to communities battered by war.
Dujarric cautioned that aid workers continue to operate under grave and escalating dangers across the country.
He said 92 humanitarian staff, mostly Sudanese, have been killed, injured, kidnapped or detained in recent months.
More than 65 attacks targeting healthcare workers and patients were also recorded during the same period.
Delivering assistance at scale, he stressed, requires flexible funding and guaranteed humanitarian access without obstruction or interference.
Sudan has been engulfed in conflict between General Abdel Fattah al Burhan’s army and Rapid Support Forces since April 2023.
The fighting has killed tens of thousands, uprooted 13 million people and deepened what the UN describes as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
