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Sudan faces worsening humanitarian catastrophe as famine and conflict escalate: UN experts

14 April 2025, GENEVA – As the conflict in Sudan reaches the two-year mark, UN human rights experts raised alarm that widespread starvation and a distressing surge in acute malnutrition are unfolding. “Sudan is experiencing the most extreme hunger crisis globally,”...

Sudan: Experts call for immediate support for survivors of gender-based violence and an end to targeting of women first responders and human rights defenders

| News, Top-line

30 August 2024, GENEVA – UN experts* warned today of the devastating lack of adequate care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Sudan, including sexual and reproductive health care and psychosocial care, alongside the targeting of human rights...

Sudan: 25 million people in dire humanitarian need, say UN experts

| Statements, Top-line

GENEVA (2 February 2024) – About 25 million people including 14 million children are in dire need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan, since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, UN experts* said...