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November 3, 2025 Humanitarian aid
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is rapidly worsening. According to new data from a UN-supported analysis, full-scale famine has already been confirmed in some areas of Darfur and Kordofan, caused by fighting and a siege that has completely cut off the population from aid.
According to the latest report Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)More than 21 million people across the country are facing acute food insecurity, making it the largest such crisis in the world.
Hunger takes root
According to the analysis, hunger conditions persist in the towns of El Fasher in North Darfur and Kadugli in South Kordofan, where families are forced to subsist on leaves, animal feed and grass.
Around 375,000 people across the country are in a situation that corresponds to the fifth phase of "catastrophic" food shortage. This means they are on the brink of starvation.
The IPC system, used by UN agencies and humanitarian partners, assesses crises in five levels, with phase five representing severe wasting, acute malnutrition, and increasing mortality.
El Fasher Siege
After capture of the city of El Fasher The Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) deployed last week – after more than 500 days of siege – left civilians in critical situations. According to the UN, hundreds of civilians, including humanitarian workers, were killed, and many were besieged.
The city remains cut off from food, medicine and humanitarian aid supplies, despite numerous urgent appeals for access.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) called the situation "unacceptable" and demanded immediate safe passage for humanitarian convoys.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), nearly 71,000 people have fled El Fasher and the surrounding area since the end of October. Many report murders, kidnappings, and sexual violence along the way.
Most of the displaced people have found temporary shelter near the town of Tawila. They are sleeping in the open and have no access to food or clean water.
Violence in Kordofan
Violence has flared up again in the neighboring Kordofan region in recent days, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said at least eight children in temporary accommodation centres were killed in a rocket attack in Kadugli last week.
"A disaster for the civilian population"
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Denise Brown, called the situation "a disaster for the civilian population, caught between the front lines, without access to aid and on the brink of mass starvation."
She reiterated her call for an immediate ceasefire, as well as for the protection of civilians and free access for humanitarian workers.
Meanwhile, donors have provided only 28 percent of the $4.16 billion needed to implement the UN Humanitarian Response Plan in Sudan this year. The UN warns that without an end to hostilities and a significant increase in humanitarian aid, millions of Sudanese could face catastrophic famine in the coming months.
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