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Sudan

HighScore 7Compound crisesOpen the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    270

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    5.3

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    61%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    46

  • Population

    51.7 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 1

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level5

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +222.5 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET
  • +16 deaths in organised violence in the last 30 daysUCDP GED Candidate
  • +13.8 million refugees and asylum-seekers have fled the countryUNHCR
  • +1Compound crisis: organised violence, official travel advice, food insecurity, mass displacement at the same timeARMSMA situation watch

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Violence deaths, 30 days

    6

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    2

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    22 500 000

  • Refugees who fled

    3 761 034

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Sudan, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 76%
  • Non-state conflict · 13%
  • Against civilians · 11%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
22.5 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
44%
2026-08
Undernourishment
11.0%
2023
Refugees who fled
—
Refugees hosted
—
Internally displaced
—
Sanctions designations
104
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$1,165
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence25

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-31Kutum localityGovernment of Sudan — SFA22Sudan War Monitor
2026-08-31village of JafawaGovernment of Sudan — SFA44Sudan War Monitor, Darfur 24
2026-08-29Al-Kukiti / Al-Kawakiti and Al-Qaa areas west of Bara citySFA — Civilians55Sudan Tribune, Sudan War Monitor
2026-08-28 – 2026-08-30Kordofan regionGovernment of Sudan — SFA22Sudan War Monitor
2026-08-28Tabsa area of ​​rural Al-Abbasiya TaqaliGovernment of Sudan — SFA00Darfur 24
2026-08-28Dilling cityGovernment of Sudan — SFA33Sudan War Monitor, Darfur 24, Ayin Network
2026-08-28Sarkam and Bakouri army bases in Blue NileGovernment of Sudan — SFA00BBC Monitoring News Alert
2026-08-27town of Al-KeliGovernment of Sudan — SFA240Sudan Tribune
2026-08-27Um Sharu areaGovernment of Sudan — SFA88Xinhua News Agency, AllAfrica, Ayin Network
2026-08-27Jabal al-Damra areaGovernment of Sudan — SFA00Darfur 24
2026-08-27Adikong marketGovernment of Sudan — SFA1313Agence France Presse, AllAfrica, ACJPS
2026-08-23Bili Manqo / Balmaqo area of ​​Qaisan CountyGovernment of Sudan — SFA55ACJPS , Sudan War Monitor
2026-08-23deserts near the Libyan borderGovernment of Sudan — SFA70BBC Monitoring Report, Ayin Network
2026-08-23Al–Haj Yousif area, East Nile, KhartoumGovernment of Sudan — Civilians11ACJPS
2026-08-21town of Jabal Issa, which belongs to the Al-Malha localitySFA — Civilians11ACJPS , Darfur 24
2026-08-19villages of Um Dareisa and Al-Shaqla, roughly 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of El ObeidSFA — Civilians66Sudan Tribune
2026-08-19Jebra Sheikh areaGovernment of Sudan — Civilians11Sudan War Monitor
2026-08-17NyalaSFA — Civilians11ACJPS
2026-08-16Kurmuk and Geisan townGovernment of Sudan — SFA20BBC Monitoring News Alert
2026-08-16Kurmuk and Geisan townGovernment of Sudan — SFA10BBC Monitoring News Alert
2026-08-15Mellit cityGovernment of Sudan — SFA20ACJPS , Darfur 24, BBC Monitoring News Alert
2026-08-15city of Umm KadadaGovernment of Sudan — SFA22ACJPS , Darfur 24, BBC Monitoring News Alert
2026-08-15KaudaUnidentified armed group (Sudan) — Civilians33Darfur 24
2026-08-14Um Arda area, southwest of El Obeid cityGovernment of Sudan — SFA1818Agence France Presse, Xinhua News Agency, Sudan Tribune
2026-08-13Umm Qurfa operations axis in the Jabra Al-Sheikh localityGovernment of Sudan — SFA10Sudan War Monitor

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days7

  • Sudan: Government204
  • Unidentified armed groups (Sudan)20
  • SFA - Civilians19
  • Habaniya - Rizeigat Baggara16
  • Government of Sudan - Civilians8
  • Unidentified armed group (Sudan) - Civilians3
  • Ethiopia: Government2

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days2

  • WildfireForest fires in Sudan · Sep 8, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Sudan · Sep 5, 2026

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Sudan: Avoid all travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Khartoum

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2930…400.0 mm32 km/hheat
Wed, Sep 3031…420.0 mm31 km/hheat
Thu, Oct 129…410.0 mm35 km/hheat
Fri, Oct 229…410.2 mm26 km/hheat
Sat, Oct 330…410.0 mm33 km/hheat
Sun, Oct 431…420.0 mm35 km/hheat
Mon, Oct 532…420.0 mm37 km/hheat

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets11

ItemPriceUSDYear
Millet / 3.5 KG11,625 SDG19.37+75%
Sorghum / 3 KG7,625 SDG12.70+112%
Sugar / KG5,881 SDG9.32+59%
Oil (vegetable) / L18,083 SDG30.13+132%
Onions / KG2,750 SDG4.58+24%
Salt (iodised) / KG2,188 SDG3.65-6%
Milk (powder) / KG37,250 SDG62.06+80%
Tomatoes (dried) / KG16,364.5 SDG27.27+104%
Wheat flour / KG3,813 SDG6.16+53%
Sorghum (food aid) / 3 KG5,594 SDG4.82+111%
Exchange rate (unofficial) / USD/LCU6,150 SDG10.25—

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-08); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20002

012000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: 02020: 020202021: 02022: 02023: 02024: Floods 12025: 020252026: Droughts 12026

DroughtsFloods

  • Drought in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda · Apr 21, 2026 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 752713 km2
  • Flood in Sudan · Aug 3, 2024 · Magnitude 0

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)