Sudan Conflict Spreads Across Region as Needs Outpace Aid
Danielle Brouwer, IFRC communications coordinator, said while speaking to reporters in Geneva from Juba, South Sudan, that “The conflict in Sudan is not only a crisis inside Sudan. It is a crisis spreading across the region,” highlighting its broader regional impact.
She added that “Funding is drying up while needs continue to rise. It slowly turns into a nightmare,” emphasizing the growing gap between humanitarian requirements and available resources.
According to the IFRC, nearly 4.5 million people have been displaced from Sudan into neighboring countries, many of them arriving in areas that are already struggling with limited resources. In Renk, South Sudan, Brouwer described conditions where people “survive with almost nothing.”
She explained that many individuals are forced to walk long distances to access water and often survive on just one meal per day. She also noted that sanitation conditions are inadequate, and a hospital serving around 60,000 people is experiencing severe shortages of medical supplies.
Overcrowding is further worsening the situation, with approximately 8,000 people currently waiting at a transit center in Renk—far exceeding its intended capacity—leaving many to sleep in temporary and improvised shelters.
Brouwer also shared the account of a mother of two who fled Khartoum and reportedly walked 500 kilometers (310 miles) with her children in search of safety.
The humanitarian situation is expected to deteriorate further with the onset of the rainy season in South Sudan, increasing the likelihood of flooding and the spread of disease.
She further warned that ongoing disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict are affecting global supply chains and delaying humanitarian aid deliveries, stressing the need for urgent international assistance.
“For example, tents currently stored in Dubai are facing delays. And special kits to treat cholera cannot be delivered to Chad yet,” she said. “And an IFRC food shipment to Sudan could not go to Port Sudan but had to come all the way through Egypt.”
She added that rerouting shipments in this manner not only increases costs but also results in longer delays for populations already in urgent need of assistance.
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