Sudan Emergency Situation Report #2: 22 May 2023

Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued into its second month, causing widespread suffering, with an estimated 1 million people displaced since the conflict began on 15 April. 

More than 24 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, including 2.6 million women and girls of reproductive age among whom 262,880 are pregnant, and over 90,000 are expecting to give birth in the next three months. All of them are in need of essential and lifesaving reproductive health services. More than 4 million people are in need of gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response services, amidst surging reports of GBV cases, particularly from internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing from one state to another, along with an increased number of domestic violence cases. 

UNFPA is scaling up its presence across Sudan to provide life-saving humanitarian response in the face of acute needs with the active participation and involvement of affected populations. UNFPA’s response plan is built on established inter-agency partnerships, collaboration with the national and regional governments, and partners. With agreement reached on a short-term ceasefire,  UNFPA plans to accelerate the distribution of supplies and medical equipment to meet urgent health needs.