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Soaring food prices, which have resulted in even the basics becoming unaffordable to the poor, are forcing many destitute displaced people in Darfur to face hunger every day, however the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan laments that due to a funding shortfall of $366 million for 2022, WFP is having to prioritise assistance based on the resources available and "make heart wrenching decisions, knowing that we cannot help everyone in Sudan who needs it”.

May 7 - 2021 KUTUM / SARAF OMRA Gunmen in Darfur (File photo) A displaced man was killed by militant herders in Kutum, North Darfur on Thursday. Paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of Saraf Omra yesterday. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, activist Yahya El Khumus told Radio Dabanga that Mohamed Sabah was on his way from the Fata Borno camp for the displaced to Kutum town when he was shot dead by militant herders. “It happened in in Khor Jagedeldei, three kilometres from Kutum,” he said. “The perpetrators then fled in north-western direction.�...

April 26 - 2021 DABANGA SUDAN Arrival of COVID-19 vaccines at Khartoum Airport, March 3 (Ahmed Salim Yeslam / UNICEF) The first quarter of 2021 ended with much optimism, as the Sudanese government and the SPLN-N El Hilu signed a in Juba, however it has been a turbulent three months economically. The adjustment of the exchange rate of the Sudanese Pound (SDG) to reflect the parallel market value has caused consumer prices to fluctuate, and done little to alleviate commodity and medicine shortages. However Sudan’s opened the door to $2 billion in grants for develop...

December 19 - 2020 EL FASHER Sudanese Red Crescent Society distribute essential household items to 1,500 vulnerable families in Jebel Marra in 2017 (ICRC) The North Darfur branch of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society began distributing food provided by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday to more than 5,000 poor families in the state capital of El Fasher. The director of the Red Crescent Society in North Darfur, Abdelrasoul Abdallah, said in a press statement that the programme targets more than 5,000 families, equivalent to 28,000 people, and 43 beggar families ...

“With UNAMID’s mandate due to end at the close of the year, and UNITAMS which is meant to replace it still not yet staffed or operationalised, Amnesty International is concerned for future civilian protection in Darfur, particularly given the national security forces’ failure to step up and protect civilians from attacks in recent months, we fear a security vacuum may arise with disastrous consequences for the people of Darfur,” said Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa. The press statement focussed in particular on the continuing violence i...