OCHA:Sudan One of the Worst Humanitarian Crises in the World

Sudan Events – Talal Muddathir

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest report on the situation in Sudan that as the crisis enters its seventh month, it has now become one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
The UN office presented shocking figures indicating that the number of displaced people reached 6.2 million and 24.7 million people in need of aid, while 20.3 million people face the threat of hunger, 19 million children are out of school, and 3,000 cases of cholera.
The office said in its latest report today, Monday, on the situation in Sudan, that the needs seem unprecedented in such a period, and nearly 6.2 million people – about one in every eight people in the country – have fled their homes since the start of the conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid support forces (RSF). In mid-April, they took refuge in Sudan or neighboring countries
According to the International Migration Organization Displacement Tracking Matrix, nearly 5 million people have been displaced by fighting inside Sudan and have taken refuge in 5,312 locations in all 18 states. The displaced belong to eight states, the majority of whom – about 3.4 million people (68% of the total internally displaced persons) – are originally from Khartoum, most of them took refuge in the River Nile state, followed by the states of South Darfur, East Darfur, Gezira, White Nile, North Darfur, Northern State, Sennar and other states.
Meanwhile, about 1.2 million people had crossed into the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and neighboring South Sudan as of October 8, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR), while the disease has infected nearly 3,000 suspected cases of cholera, including 95 deaths in seven states so far November 12 According to the Sudanese Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), other disease outbreaks are still ongoing in several states including measles, malaria and dengue fever.
About 65 percent of the population lack access to health care, and between 70 and 80 percent of hospitals in conflict-affected areas are no longer functioning. Save the Children and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that the conflict has deprived about 12 million children from education since last April, with the total number of out-of-school children in Sudan reaching 19 million.
The UN office concluded its report by referring to the revised humanitarian response plan for Sudan for 2023, which requires the provision of 2.6 billion US dollars to provide multi-sectoral life-saving assistance and protection assistance to 18.1 million people in urgent need of assistance until the end of this year.
According to the financial tracking service, the call was only 33.4% funded, with US$856.2 million received as of November 15.