After years of continuous instability, the humanitarian situation in Sudan remains precarious. Ongoing internal and regional insecurity, civilian displacement, increasing numbers of refugees from neighboring countries and ongoing political instability remain a challenge. About 12 million people suffer severe high level of food insecurity. With significant increases in food and other commodity prices, a reduced harvest, and continued conflict, acute food insecurity in Sudan continues to worsen rapidly.
Nearly 7 million school-age children are out of school (one in three girls and one in four boys), and the remaining 12 million in school struggle to learn due to insufficient learning spaces and supplies, teachers, and lack of other support, including for disabled children. Of those in school, 7 out of 10 cannot read and understand a simple sentence.
A staggering 3.7 million people remain internally displaced and around 1 million refugees are living in Sudan.
Photographed on assignment for UNICEF in Sudan, Sept-Oct 2022