The UN has warned that Sudan’s ongoing civil war is pushing the country ‘closer to catastrophe’. More than 12 million people have been forcibly displaced. The conflict is currently the world’s largest displacement crisis. People in Sudan are facing rampant violations of human rights and humanitarian law resulting in mass civilian casualties, gender-based violence.
KHARTOUM SEPTEMBER 18: The UN has warned that Sudan’s ongoing civil war is pushing the country ‘closer to catastrophe’, and that essential services are in danger of breaking down.
More than 12 million people have been forcibly displaced since fighting between the national army and RSF paramilitary forces broke out in 2023. The conflict is currently the world’s largest displacement crisis. Around 4-million people have fled to neighboring countries, including Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt. Last week, Sudan’s government rebuffed a peace proposal put forward by the US, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
Humanitarians warn that essential services are breaking down. Water trucking to the only functioning hospital was suspended over the weekend and community kitchens shut down after running out of food.
People in Sudan are facing rampant violations of human rights and humanitarian law resulting in mass civilian casualties, gender-based violence, and a humanitarian catastrophe as parties to the conflict block aid to millions of civilians trying to survive without food or water.
The conflict incited a new wave of ethnically motivated attacks by the RSF against Masalit and other communities in Darfur. It has also sparked horrific revenge killings across the country by both the RSF and SAF.
