Sudan's Suffering Is Plain for All to See Say Aid Teams, As Brutal War Continues
- The UN refugee agency UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration warned on Friday that emergency shelter stocks in Sudan are depleted as funding shortfalls leave millions without essential support.
- Sudan remains the world's largest displacement crisis more than three years after war began in 2023 between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, with an estimated 15.4 million people urgently needing shelter.
- IOM Sudan chief Mohamed Refaat reported empty warehouses, saying, "Just this year, IOM was able to distribute more than 40,000 tons," while agencies reached only 900,000 people despite sending their last 16 trucks to Darfur.
- Only 47 per cent of the required $2.9 billion has been received so far, leaving vulnerable populations unprotected; UNHCR Deputy Representative Abubakarr Jalloh stressed that basic items like solar lamps provide safety for displaced families.
- IOM Sudan chief Mohamed Refaat warned that failing to provide aid at scale will impact neighboring countries, as Sudanese nationals now constitute the largest nationality arriving in Europe via the Eastern Mediterranean route.
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Millions Fleeing Sudan's War Risk Losing Shelter
By AI Jazeera Staff and ReutersNovember 6, 2026Fewer than 1 million of the 15.4 million people in need emergency shelter in Sudan have received assistance.Millions of people in Sudan who have been displaced by the country’s civil war risk being left without emergency shelter due to funding shortages and depleting aid stocks, according to the United Nations refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration.An estimated 15.4 millio…
Sudan's Suffering Is Plain for All to See Say Aid Teams, As Brutal War Continues
Aid teams working to help millions of people uprooted by the ongoing war in Sudan appealed on Friday for more international assistance amid desperate funding shortages, empty warehouses and overwhelming needs.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have warned against the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Sudan, confirming that some 15.4 million people are in urgent need of emergency shelter and basic household supplies, as the war between the Sudanese army and the "rapid support forces" has continued for more than three and a half years.
Of the 15.4 million people in the Sudan in urgent need of emergency shelter and basic household supplies, UNHCR and IOM have said that 936 000 have received assistance so far.
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Arab NewsUN says struggling to help millions fleeing Sudan war find shelter
The United Nations on Friday said about 15.4 million people who have fled conflict in Sudan need emergency shelter and essential household items, but humanitarian organisations are facing funding shortages.
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