The situation in Sudan has reached a critical tipping point as of April 2026. The conflict, now nearing its third year, has created the world’s largest internal displacement crisis, with over 11 million people forced from their homes.
​The humanitarian landscape is currently defined by two major escalations. The heavy fighting in Blue Nile State and Sinnar has triggered a fresh exodus.
Since mid-January 2026, escalating violence driven by clashes between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and allied factions has displaced more than 28,000 people in Blue Nile alone.
Thousands of these individuals are fleeing toward the Ethiopian border. Many are arriving in the state capital, Ed Damazin, or crossing into Ethiopia via informal and often dangerous routes.
Reports indicate that 87% of these new arrivals are in informal sites with critical shortages of clean water (64% lack access) and sanitation (73% lack facilities).
​The Kordofan region is facing what aid agencies describe as “logistics strangulation.”
Insecurity has choked the vital Rahad–Dilling road and the Bara–Um Durman route. These are essential arteries for both commercial goods and humanitarian convoys traveling from Port Sudan and Khartoum into North and South Kordofan.
A recent UN inter-agency convoy was held up for over 40 days due to hostilities before finally reaching Dilling and Kadugli via a difficult off-road detour.
The deliberate obstruction of these trade routes is driving “Catastrophe” level food insecurity (IPC Phase 5). Experts warn that if access is not restored, areas like Kadugli and Dilling are on the verge of full-scale famine by mid-2026.
The UN continues to call for “sustained, predictable, and safe access,” warning that the humanitarian response is being crippled by a combination of active drone strikes, fuel shortages, and the intentional destruction of aid infrastructure.
