Death, displacement and devastation – two years of war in Sudan

Aid workers pass a refugee baby on to a truck transporting people displaced by the war in Sudan to Renk, South Sudan, in February 2025. Photograph: Diego Menjíbar Reynés/The Guardian

Sudan’s civil war broke out two years ago to the day, since when it has killed tens of thousands, uprooted more than 13 million and created what the International Rescue Committee has described as “the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded”.