Sudan’s war has been raging since April 2023. The country was on a bumpy road to democracy after mass uprisings in 2019 ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir. This all came to a halt when troops from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force, attacked a military airstrip in the early hours of 15 April 2023.
In the months since, fighting between the RSF and Sudanese Armed Forces has left millions of lives shattered. Cities have been reduced to rubble and entire communities displaced. At least 20,000 people had been killed by August 2024.
Sudan is now the site of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. According to UN experts, around 25 million people – half of Sudan’s population before the war – are in need of urgent assistance. Nearly 9 million people are internally displaced, among them about 4 million children. Another 20 million children are out of school. Over half the population of 49.6 million doesn’t have access to healthcare.
