Human rights group sounds alarm over need for humanitarian aid in Sudan during rainy season

Human rights group sounds alarm over need for humanitarian aid in Sudan during rainy season
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Amnesty International has issued an urgent call for humanitarian aid access in Sudan as the rainy season threatens to worsen an already dire crisis, Jurist News reported. Over 11 million people have been displaced due to ongoing conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty’s director for East and Southern Africa, emphasized the need for parties to the conflict to allow safe, unconditional humanitarian access and to halt attacks on aid workers and facilities.

Displaced Sudanese urgently require food, clean water, medical care, and shelter. UNICEF reported that more than 40,000 children in North Darfur alone are being treated for severe acute malnutrition. Médecins Sans Frontières warned in April of the need to deploy malnutrition treatment and food distribution before the rainy season further restricts access.

The International Criminal Court has found “reasonable grounds” to suspect war crimes and crimes against humanity, including targeted sexual violence against women and girls from specific ethnic groups. The US government has labeled the RSF and allied militias as perpetrators of genocide, sanctioning RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan Daglo (Hemedti) for sexual violence and targeted killings.

Amnesty condemned the underfunded humanitarian response in Sudan for 2025 and urged the international community to increase emergency aid funding to prevent further loss of life.