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Sudan's Conflict Reaches Fourth Year: Over 14 Million Displaced, Widespread Hunger Affects Half the Population
Sudan's conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces has displaced approximately 14 million people and left 25 million facing hunger as of April 2026. A UN report documents hallmarks of genocide in El Fasher following its capture by the RSF in October 2025. International aid cuts, including from the U.S., have worsened the humanitarian crisis.
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Sudan's war between the Sudanese Armed Forces under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces under Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo has entered its fourth year, with famine spreading in North Darfur and parts of Greater Kordofan as of April 2026.
5 million refugees in neighboring countries. Over 25 million people, more than 50% of the population, are going hungry, and approximately 61% of health facilities in the country have been destroyed.
The UN Fact-Finding Mission report from February 2026 documents hallmarks of genocide against the Zaghawa and Fur communities in El Fasher, where the RSF acted with intent to destroy these groups in whole or in part. El Fasher, the last city in Darfur under Sudanese army and allied forces control, fell to the RSF on October 26, 2025, after an 18-month siege that systematically weakened the population through starvation, deprivation, trauma, and confinement, according to a UN report.
In the first three days after the capture, at least 6,000 killings were documented, including 4,400 inside the city and 1,600 along escape routes, with the actual death toll from the week-long offensive undoubtedly higher.
The governor of Darfur reported 27,000 killed in those first three days, while Confluence Advisory estimated 100,000 deaths in the offensive. The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab assessed that of the 250,000 civilians remaining in El Fasher, nearly all had been killed, died, been displaced, or were in hiding.
Survivor testimony indicates RSF fighters targeted men and boys under 50 for killing or abduction, systematically raped women and girls from the Zaghawa and Fur communities—often in groups for hours or days—and often spared those perceived as Arab.
