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Sudan is facing a rapidly worsening food and health crisis, with the IPC warning of growing famine risk across Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan. Conflict, mass displacement, and an El Niño-driven drought are devastating food supplies and healthcare access. WHO is calling for urgent funding and humanitarian access to prevent catastrophic outcomes.
Sudan is teetering on the edge of famine. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has issued a Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Alert, warning that parts of Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan face a rapidly deteriorating crisis fueled by ongoing conflict, mass displacement, and an El Niño-induced drought affecting roughly half the country. The combination is crushing food availability, spiking prices, and gutting livelihoods — leaving millions in acute danger.
Healthcare has become nearly nonexistent in many areas, and clean water is increasingly scarce — a deadly combination for a malnourished population already vulnerable to diseases like cholera and measles. Since April 2023, WHO has verified 228 attacks on healthcare facilities, and by 2026, 37% of Sudan's health facilities had stopped functioning entirely.
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Why it matters: Without a dramatic scale-up in funding and humanitarian access, Sudan's crisis risks crossing into full-blown famine — with cascading consequences for child mortality, disease outbreaks, and regional stability.
