Sudan

Since violence erupted between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary force in April 2023, mass forced displacement and acute food insecurity have been created amidst attacks on hospitals and other vital civilian infrastructure.

Insecurity Insight monitors conflict events affecting aid operations, education, food and water systems, health care and protection as well as incidents of conflict-related or political-related sexual violence and explosive weapons use in Sudan.

Our data can be downloaded on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) and corresponding reports can be accessed below.

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2024 SHCC Factsheet (EN)

2024 SHCC Factsheet (AR)

Global Health Map

Datasets on HDX

Health Care

Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Sudan, and based on its data, in the Sudan chapter (in Arabic and English) of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Epidemic of Violence identified 244 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 2024. In these incidents, health facilities were damaged 79 times, medical supplies were looted and 66 health workers were killed.

– Conflict-related and displacement factors have increased demand for health care provision, including to treat wounds sustained from violence, and the spread of conflict-related diseases such as cholera.

– Attacks on health care increased during RSF military offensives in North Darfur between April and August and in Gezira in late October and November.

– Some health workers were forced to conduct surgery under dim light in shipping containers buried underground to reduce the likelihood of being violently attacked.

Download the report data.

Published every two weeks, Insecurity Insight’s Attacks on Health Care New Brief tracks global threats and violence as well as protests and other events affecting the delivery of and access to health care. Explore our interactive map to see where incidents happened.

SHCC Health Reports

Health Monitoring Briefs

Social Media Monitoring

Sudan Conflict and Hunger

Other Resources

Sexual Violence

Insecurity Insight documents reported incidents of sexual violence in Sudan. Although many incidents go unreported, our data – available for download here – provides insights into their traumatic consequences.

Insecurity Insight’s latest report on this topic analyses 18 cases of sexual violence against 39 women and girls in the Darfur region in the period from January to October 2020. It demonstrates that women and girls were frequently at risk of being targeted with sexual violence whilst pursuing daily activities but that the perpetrators were rarely held accountable. Documentation is key to overcoming this.