SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: New Humanitarian - In post-coup Sudan, hunger set to double as humanitarian needs grow
The New Humanitarian report that Sudan is experiencing its highest humanitarian caseload in a decade amid escalating civil conflict, erratic rainfall, and a deepening economic crisis after the October 2021 coup that has further decreased living standards.
The suspension of international aid due to the coup has seen tax increases and the suspension of the Family Support Programme that aimed to provide cash transfers to 80% of Sudan, leaving food, fuel and electricity unaffordable.
The UN World Food Programme warn that 18 million Sudanese could face acute hunger by the end of 2022 - double the number of 2021 - and that its food stocks are running out. Moreover, prolonged dry spells and pest and disease outbreaks that reduced harvests reduced cereal production by 35%, with rocketing global wheat prices and Sudan’s dependence on grain from Ukraine and Russia complicating the food import needs.