Nearly 19.5 million people are facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity in Sudan, according to the latest United Nations-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released on Friday.
Two out of every five people in Sudan are currently facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), said the IPC report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF.
As the civil conflict enters its fourth year, "conflict-driven displacement remains at extremely high levels, with close to 9 million people uprooted within Sudan as of the end of March 2026," said a joint news release by the three organizations.
Humanitarian access constraints remain among the most severe in the world. "Insecurity, bureaucratic impediments, attacks along supply routes, destruction of markets and means of production as well as restrictions on the movement of people and goods continue to prevent humanitarian actors from delivering assistance at the scale required," it said.
The FAO, WFP and UNICEF called for immediate cessation of hostilities, so that parties to the conflict could protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and provide safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access across conflict-affected areas.
19.5 million face acute food insecurity in Sudan: UN
19.5 million face acute food insecurity in Sudan: UN
19.5 million face acute food insecurity in Sudan: UN
