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Latest UN data indicates that 9.3 million people have been uprooted by conflict across the country and more than 4.3 million have fled across borders, placing immense strain on neighbouring countries. More than 21 million people are also believed to be acutely food insecure across the country.<\/p>\n
Although many of those displaced have returned to the capital, Khartoum, massive challenges and dangers for civilians remain there, including from unexploded weapons. Elsewhere, fighting is continuing \u201cacross multiple fronts in Kordofan\u201d further west, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke said.<\/p>\n
Speaking to journalists in Geneva, he noted that sieges have cut off the towns of Kadugli \u2013 capital of South Kordofan state – and Dilling – a town to the north of Kadugli – restricting food, healthcare and access to farms and markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Daily drone, missile strikes<\/h2>\n
In Darfur, meanwhile, \u201cfighting on the ground and drone attacks from the sky continue\u201d, while long-range strikes on civilian infrastructure have also been recorded far beyond the front lines, Mr. Laerke added.<\/p>\n
Children continue to be killed and injured amid ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, with eight children reportedly killed in an attack in Al Obeid, North Kordofan, earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the\u00a0UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), a staggering\u00a05,000 youngsters have been displaced every day since the conflict began in April 2023. \u201cMany have been displaced not once but repeatedly, with violence following them wherever they flee,\u201d said UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He warned that\u00a0millions of children are also at risk of rape with survivors including babies. \u201cBehind every one of these numbers is a child, frightened, hungry, sick and wondering why the world has not come to help,\u201d Mr. Pires added.<\/p>\n
Sexual attacks scourge<\/h2>\n
Women are also victims of \u201crampant\u201d sexual violence and abuse, with some 12 million people – mostly women and girls – at risk of gender-based violence, according to OCHA. \u201cFemale-headed households are now three times more likely to be food insecure and three-quarters of these households report not having enough to eat,\u201d said Mr. Laerke.<\/p>\n
The global crisis in humanitarian funding has impacted the UN\u2019s work and that of its partners in Sudan, with only 36 per cent of the $4.2 billion requested last year finally funded by donors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In light of this reduced financial support, for 2026, OCHA aims to assist 20 million people out of the nearly 34 million people believed to be in need of humanitarian support in Sudan. The plan has been costed at $2.9 billion.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday our call is urgent: first, an immediate cessation of hostilities and real steps towards a lasting peace,\u201d Mr. Laerke said. \u201cSecond, adherence to international humanitarian law with access facilitated across conflict lines and protection of civilians including aid workers and civilian infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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