Overview
- The United Nations reports that famine has taken hold in five areas of Sudan, with 600,000 people at immediate risk of starvation.
- The ongoing war between Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has displaced over 12 million people, creating the world's largest displacement crisis.
- Humanitarian operations, including those by the World Food Programme and Doctors Without Borders, have been suspended in key areas like Zamzam camp due to escalating violence.
- Sudan's healthcare system is collapsing, with less than 30% of facilities operational and disease outbreaks, including cholera, spreading in displacement camps.
- UN officials call for urgent international action to end the conflict, deliver aid, and restore agricultural capacity to prevent further mass deaths.