Failure of the international community could leave millions at risk of famine in Sudan

The Sudan INGO Forum represents the international non-governmental organization (INGO) community in Sudan. The forum is comprised of organizations and members that provide humanitarian and development assistance and peacebuilding interventions across Sudan. As a member, NP aims to enhance communication, information-sharing, and collective action, in relation to Sudan. This allows for more effective and efficient delivery of humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding interventions. For this reason, we are calling attention to the famine crisis across Sudan and advocating for a scale up in support from all stakeholders.

Following 14 months of escalating conflict, Sudan has become the world’s largest hunger crisis with over half of the country experiencing severe food insecurity. 25.6 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+) during the upcoming lean season. This is almost a 40% increase in the number of food insecure people over the last 4 months. The newly published Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) alert has classified 755,000 people as living in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5), the most severe classification on the IPC scale. These people are experiencing destitution and starvation, having exhausted avenues to access food and proper nutrition. The report also warns that millions of people living in Darfur, North and South Kordofan, Khartoum and Gezira States are at an immediate risk of famine. INGOs responding in Eastern Chad already report that thousands of people, mostly women and children, are fleeing from Darfur across the border every day in search of food.

The Sudan INGO Forum has regularly sounded the alarm that continued and escalating conflict and active denial of humanitarian access was driving Sudan to the brink of famine. In April 2024, the international community pledged 2.2 billion USD to address the suffering of the Sudanese people in Sudan and across the region. The promises of solidarity and support by international donors remain largely unfulfilled. The Humanitarian Response Plan remains severely underfunded with only 17% of the required funding received to date.

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