Sudan continued to face one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises following the outbreak of armed conflict in April 2023. The widespread displacement, economic collapse, and breakdown of basic services across large parts of the country that ensued meant that, by 2025, nearly 30.4 million people required humanitarian assistance, and around 13 million people were displaced.

Food insecurity reached critical levels, with 24.6 million people facing acute hunger, and famine conditions (IPC Phase 5) were confirmed in parts of Darfur and Kordofan. Children were particularly vulnerable, with hundreds of thousands affected by severe acute malnutrition, while approximately 70 per cent of health facilities were out of service, further weakening the country’s ability to respond.

Action Against Hunger continued to deliver integrated, lifesaving assistance across Blue Nile, White Nile, South Kordofan, Central Darfur, North Darfur, and Red Sea regions. In 2025, we reached 615,790 people, including Health and Nutrition support for 388,587 people, including primary healthcare, maternal and child health services, and treatment of acute malnutrition; and improved access to safe WASH services to reduce disease outbreaks for 195,772 people. Our food security and livelihoods activities supported 22,294 people through cash assistance and livelihood-protection initiatives to strengthen household resilience, and a further 8,792 people benefited from protection services, helping reduce vulnerability and strengthen community support mechanisms.

Across all sectors, our programming in 2025 prioritised those worst affected by food insecurity, combining emergency response with early recovery and resilience-building. Working with local authorities, partners, and community structures, we helped maintain essential services, strengthen local capacities, and support crisis-affected populations, including Internally Displaced People, returnees, and vulnerable host communities.

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