Intense fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15th, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leading to what the UN has recognized as a humanitarian nightmare.

Fighting between the SAF and the RSF has impacted all 18 provinces, crippling infrastructure, placing over 70% of hospitals out of service, and resulting in grave violations of human rights, such as violence, abuse, and exploitation of women and children.

Millions of Sudanese people, particularly in Khartoum, Darfur, and Kordofan, lack access to essential services, such as food, water, shelter, health, and education. 7.4 million children lack access to safe drinking water.

Thus far, international mediation efforts have utterly failed at achieving any understanding between the two warring forces, with the SAF and the RSF blatantly disregarding commitments to de-escalate fighting, minimize civilian harm, and refrain from disproportionate attacks. Clashes between the two groups have continued and expanded throughout the nation, with the war now approaching its seventh month with no end in sight to bring a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

Today, the revised 2023 Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) requires $2.6 billion to provide life-saving multi-sectoral and protection assistance to 18.1 million people in desperate need through the end of this year. As of October 26th, $858.9 million has been received, with the US providing roughly $290 million.

In short, Sudan needs more humanitarian aid funding, at a much more rapid pace, to close in on the gap of the increasing humanitarian assistance needed among Sudanese people.

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