Sudan’s hunger crisis is reaching unprecedented levels after 1,000 days of deadly war. Fierce fighting and global funding cuts are pushing more families into starvation, particularly in the vast states of Darfur and Kordofan.

A new UN assessment in North Darfur shows more than half of young children are malnourished – one of the highest rates ever recorded worldwide.

More than 45% of people across Sudan – over 21 million people – are suffering acute food shortages and a recent Islamic Relief assessment in Gedaref and Darfur found 83% of families don’t have enough food.

“This war cannot be allowed to go on any longer. For 1,000 days we’ve seen our country ripped apart and civilians attacked, starved and forced from their land. We’re seeing parents go without food to try and save their malnourished children, and people eating animal fodder and leaves to survive." - Shihab Mohamed Ali, Islamic Relief’s senior programme manager in Sudan

Islamic Relief has been working in Sudan since 1984, and our teams are continuing to respond to the growing humanitarian emergency across the country.

Through our Sudan Appeal, Islamic Relief teams – many who are displaced themselves – are on the ground, providing life-saving aid and urgent assistance to communities across Sudan.

We have delivered aid to over 1.2 million people across Sudan since the war erupted in April 2023 – but much more is desperately needed.