Displaced Sudanese Lack Food, Latrines, Health care

Alamin Hafez, 23, abandoned his medical studies at Al-Fashir University when fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) engulfed his hometown in October 2025. After surviving an 18-month siege, he walked 745 miles to Al-Afad Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, a five-hour drive from Khartoum, where over 25,000 people now live in makeshift tents. Hafez, separated from his family who fled to Chad, struggles to survive in the camp, which provides only one meal daily and lacks basic services. The United Nations has called Sudan’s conflict the world’s most severe humanitarian crisis, displacing nearly 14 million people and forcing 19 million into food insecurity. Two-thirds of Sudan’s population—34 million—require aid, while 10 million children are denied education. Al-Afad, one of over 10,000 IDP camps across Sudan, lacks proper sanitation, with only 200 of the needed 1,200 bathrooms. Manal Abdula, another resident, fled Al-Fashir after her husband died in an explosion and now survives on donations while caring for six children. She walks to Al-Afad, enduring shelling and starvation, with no work or means to support her family. The camp’s single school serves only 450 of 1,500 school-aged children, and new arrivals have been blocked for three months due to overwhelmed resources. Camp manager Rami Abd El-Rahim stated the gap between needs and resources is critical, with no end in sight for displaced families. Residents rely on nonprofits for limited meals, while violence and displacement continue to push more Sudanese into camps with no access to healthcare, education, or basic necessities.