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Impact of Food Insecurity in Sudan (2026)
Number of people facing various levels of food insecurity in millions.
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Families forced into displacement by famine in Sudan
Families in Sudan face hunger and displacement during war with millions dependent on limited and inconsistent aid.Omdurman, Sudan – When Marasi Alfadil arrived in Omdurman with her children, there was almost nothing waiting for them.The family eventually found a half-finished building inside a compound to live in. There are no proper walls, no services and little food. But for Marasi, it is still safer than the city she fled.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3What are OPEC and OPEC +, and why has the UAE quit?list 2 of 3What is the Azawad Liberation Front, part of the Mali attacks?list 3 of 3Thousands held by paramilitary RSF in Sudan’s el-Fasher: NGOend of listSix months ago, she escaped el-Fasher in North Darfur, just days before fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group took full control after an 18-month siege of the western city, which at the time was controlled by the group’s opponents in Sudan’s three-year civil war, the Sudanese armed forces (SAF). Thousands of people were killed during the RSF takeover, which a United Nations investigation found bore the “hallmarks of genocide”.“The siege made life hard,” she told Al Jazeera. “Goods could not come in. Anyone who tried to bring food was detained or killed.”Hundreds of thousands of people still remain in el-Fasher, where food shortages and violence continue under the RSF’s control. This has created a hunger crisis so severe that the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification hunger-monitoring system declared a famine in November.Similar conditions have also been reported in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State, while at least 20 other areas across the contested western Sudanese region of Darfur and the central region of Kordofan are at risk of famine.Siege and famineIn el-Fasher and other besieged towns, prolonged blockades have cut off food, fuel and medicine. Markets have either collapsed or become unaffordable.The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises, released by the European Union-funded Global Network Against Food Crises, said conflict in Darfur and Kordofan has severely constrained humanitarian access with “devastating effects on food security”.The report found that by September, about 375,000 people were in the most extreme level of hunger, concentrated in the states of North Darfur, South Kordofan and West Kordofan.For civilians, this has meant hunger has become unavoidable.Marasi’s experience reflects a wider pattern across western and central Sudan,...
Sudan: Millions of civilians on the brink of famine amid starvation ...
Geneva – An unprecedented humanitarian collapse is imminent across large parts of Sudan amid the ongoing armed conflict, which is accompanied by deliberate deprivation of food, the destruction of civilian infrastructure essential for survival, and systematic restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid. This catastrophe places millions of civilians at risk of death by starvation, amid continued international failure to halt the conflict and ensure safe humanitarian access. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor is following with concern the deterioration in food security and the humanitarian situation in Sudan as the armed conflict enters its fourth year. Updated figures from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) for Q4 2026 indicate that 21.2 million people are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, including 6.3 million experiencing “emergency” levels of hunger, Phase 4, reflecting severe food deprivation requiring urgent intervention. In addition, around 375,000 people are in Catastrophe, Phase 5, the most severe level, where food insecurity becomes life-threatening. The broader humanitarian crisis now affects around 33.7 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, according to the latest Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Sudan’s food insecurity crisis is no longer a temporary supply shortage. It has become a long-lasting and complex hunger crisis that is undermining the foundations of survival for entire communities Sudan’s food insecurity crisis is no longer a temporary supply shortage. It has become a long-lasting and complex hunger crisis that is undermining the foundations of survival for entire communities. Many people have exhausted the coping mechanisms that previously enabled resilience. This deterioration has forced communities in several areas, including parts of Darfur, Kordofan, and Khartoum, to adopt extreme survival strategies such as eating tree leaves, animal feed, and even seeds intended for planting, amid worsening access to basic food and ongoing restrictions that heighten the risk of famine. Furthermore, severe inflation in the prices of basic goods, driven by disrupted supply chains, currency devaluation, and falling wages and purchasing power, has made securing even a single daily meal extremely difficult for most displaced people and besieged civilians. Local markets are facing growing shortages of g...
Sudan: New FAO assessment warns of escalating food and livelihood crisis
"The findings of this assessment confirm the alarming scale of the food security crisis in Sudan and the urgent need to protect agricultural livelihoods," said Hongjie Yang, FAO Representative in Sudan. "Providing farmers and pastoralists with timely agricultural assistance is critical to strengthening their resilience and helping address growing humanitarian needs" he stressed. The ...
Sudan: Civilians Face Famine Amid Siege, Inaction - Mirage News
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is being exacerbated by obstruction of humanitarian access, including military sieges of civilian populations and the blocking of commercial and aid supplies, as seen in El Fasher. In some cases, administrative restrictions also delay, reduce, or prevent life-saving assistance, undermining civilians' right to survival and worsening hunger, disease, and ...
