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Sudan

OCHA - Sudan: Situation Report - Highlights (January 27, 2020)

  • Inter-tribal conflict in disputed Abyei area has left 33 people killed, 18 wounded, 15 children missing, 19 houses burned, and approximately 4,800 people displaced
  • The 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) partners plan to support 6.1 million of the most vulnerable people in Sudan, which will require US$1.3 billion.
  • Humanitarian partners continue to assist and estimated 46,000 people (9,600 families) who have taken refuge in El Geneina town, West Darfur, following inter-communal conflict.
  • According to FAO, the desert locust situation in Sudan is serious with breeding in progress on the Red Sea coast as well as along the Sudan/Eritrea border.

Key Figures

  • People in Need

    9,300,000 9% increase since September 23, 2019

    Source: OCHA
  • People Targeted for Assistance

    6,100,000 39% increase since September 23, 2019

    Source: OCHA
  • Children in Need

    2,600,000 No change since January 29, 2019

    Source: UNICEF
  • People in Food Crisis/Emergency (IPC Phase 3+)

    5,852,811 3% increase since January 15, 2019

    Source: IPC
  • Total S. Sudanese Refugees in Sudan

    810,917 No change since November 30, 2019

    Source: UNHCR
  • S. Sudanese Refugee Arrivals (Cumulative per year)

    18,088 5% increase since October 31, 2019

    Source: UNHCR

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