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Sudan War Reaches 'Catastrophic Levels'

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has warned the Security Council that Sudan's war, nearing 1,000 days, had reached catastrophic levels, with civilians bearing an intensifying toll amid widespread violence, displacement, and humanitarian access constraints.

OCHA said the Kordofan states had emerged as a new epicentre of suffering, with drone strikes, sieges and attacks on hospitals, UN facilities and aid convoys killing scores of civilians, including women and children. Darfur remained in crisis, with reports of mass killings, sexual violence, attacks on displacement camps, and repeated assaults on healthcare, while humanitarian responders struggled to meet rising needs despite emergency funding.

OCHA said drone warfare had expanded the conflict to other regions, damaging critical infrastructure and worsening food insecurity and displacement across borders. While 16.8 million people had received some humanitarian assistance this year, the response was under severe strain and direct attack, prompting renewed calls for stronger civilian protection, guaranteed humanitarian access, sustained funding, and urgent international action to de-escalate the conflict and push for a nationwide ceasefire.

UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal

Two malnourished children receive food supplements at a health centre in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan.

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Giles Clarke/UN OCHA

A mother looks after her child at a camp for displaced people in Gedaref, Sudan, after fleeing her home.

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