Overview

• Over 300,000 residents of Al-Fashir have been cut off from all humanitarian aid by the RSF siege since May 2024.
• The city’s infrastructure is shattered by daily artillery and drone strikes, with electricity, bakeries and medical clinics closed.
• Staple food prices have climbed up to 460% above national averages, driving families to scavenge waste and animal fodder to survive.
• The WFP has provided digital cash to 250,000 people, but no food convoys have reached the city in more than a year.
• Zamzam camp, home to around 500,000 displaced Sudanese, has seen Médecins Sans Frontières treat over 2,500 cholera cases and record more than 50 deaths.