Rhino: Agencies – As the conflict in Sudan escalates, some 30 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance this year, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). OCHA also revealed that it plans to provide relief to 21 million of those in need.
A 23% increase:
“30.4 million Sudanese, equivalent to 64% of the total population of 47.5 million, will require humanitarian assistance in 2025,” OCHA said in a report on this year’s humanitarian response plan.
This figure represents a 23% increase from the 24.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in the previous year, which it attributed to escalating conflict and limited humanitarian access.
Sixteen million children are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance and protection this year, which is more than half the number of people in need of assistance.
Raise 4.2 billion dollars:
The 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan seeks to raise $4.2 billion to provide life-saving assistance to nearly 21 million of the most vulnerable people, restore basic services and expand protection.
The area’s most in need of aid are South Darfur, North Darfur, Gezira and Khartoum, with 11.4 million people in these areas in need of assistance, he said.
“Darfur is facing a particularly dire humanitarian crisis, with 79% of its population in need of aid and protection, as are 61% of the population of Kordofan and 48% of the population of Khartoum,” he said.
Since April 2023, a war between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo has been raging in Sudan, with tens of thousands killed and more than 11 million people displaced.
A previous UN report showed that food insecurity is at worse levels than expected, with 24.6 million people expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity between December 2024 and May 2025, at or above the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IFSC) Stage 3 or higher.
