Following the release of the IRC’s Emergency Watchlist 2024 in December last year, a list of 20 countries most at risk of humanitarian deterioration where Sudan was ranked number 1, the IRC has produced a mid-year Sudan Crisis Alert Report to show the trajectory of the world’s worst displacement crisis, as an update to the Watchlist report. Read our report here.

Four reasons why the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks South Sudan among the top 10 countries most at risk of experiencing a worsening humanitarian crisis in 2023.

Sudan is now the country with the largest number of displaced people and the largest child displacement crisis in the world.

Since the conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023, millions have suffered. Altuma Ibrahim, a 45-year-old mother of nine, shares her journey of fleeing violence and seeking safety for her children.

Since the Sudan conflict began in April 2023, millions have faced immense hardship. Through EU-funded IRC programs, Dr. Mogahed Ilkeet, himself displaced by the crisis, delivers life-saving care at Tunaydbah camp in Sudan, near the Ethiopian border. Among those he’s helped is Almas, who fled with her children and little else. With IRC support, her severely malnourished son is now recovering.

April 2024 marks one year since fighting broke out between rival factions of Sudan’s security force, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), engulfing Sudan in conflict. Read our report here.

Even before the recent clashes, Sudan was facing extreme weather shocks, social and political unrest and rising food prices.

Five reasons why South Sudan ranks third on the International Rescue Committee’s 2024 Emergency Watchlist.