Devastation for Sudanese as outside powers fuel conflict
- Sudan’s collapse is accelerating as a brutal civil war, fueled by outside powers, devastates civilians.
- Today, more than 64% of Sudan’s population—30.4 million people—urgently need assistance, making it the largest humanitarian crisis on record.
- Without swift action to safeguard civilians and civilian infrastructure, many Sudanese will be left without the humanitarian assistance they desperately need.
Country facts
- Population: 47 million
- People in need of humanitarian support: 25 million
- People displaced by conflict since April 2023: more than 10 million
- People facing crisis levels of food insecurity or worse: 18 million
IRC response
- Started work in Sudan: 1981
- Scaling up program delivery across six offices
