The UN warned in a report on Monday that thirty percent of Sudan’s population will need humanitarian aid next year, saying the rate is “the highest in a decade”.
It further blamed Sudan’s economic crisis and the Covid pandemic, floods and disease, and the fact Sudan which is one of the world’s poorest countries, also hosts millions of refugees and internally displaced people or IDPs.
The UN Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 14.3 million of Sudan’s population of 47.9 million, including both citizens and refugees, will require humanitarian assistance next year.
The report said this is about 800,000 more people than this year, adding that “the number of people in need in Sudan in 2022 is the highest in the past decade”.
According to the UN, Sudan has nearly three million IDPs after decades of conflict, including in the western region of Darfur where fighting from 2003 left 300,000 dead. More than half of the vulnerable population are women and children.
