15.4 million Sudanese risk being left without shelter
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ANG
Around 15.4 million people in Sudan need emergency shelter and essential items, but a lack of funding limits humanitarian assistance to 10% of those in need. Only 936,000 beneficiaries have received assistance, according to the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Only 936,000 people have so far received assistance with shelter and essential household items in Sudan, while humanitarian organisations can prioritise assistance for only 10% of those in need, according to a joint statement by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Sudan’s 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan provides for $2.9 billion to assist 20.4 million of the 33.7 million people in need of assistance in the country. Only 47% of the required funds have been mobilised, while the shelter component, valued at $179 million, is only 35% funded, according to IOM and UNHCR.
The conflict has displaced 8.6 million people within Sudan and forced more than 4.6 million others to flee abroad. More than 5.2 million people have returned to their areas of origin, often to housing and infrastructure that has been destroyed or damaged, according to IOM and UNHCR.
The situation is worsened by the approach of winter, damage to tents caused by rains in Tawila, where nearly 900,000 people live, and rising prices of staple grains, which could reach 40% in September, the UN reports.
