HIGHLIGHTS
Heightened food insecurity expected throughout Sudan due to projected below-average crop yields
USAID/FFP emergency food commodities arrives in Port Sudan
CERF allocates more than $15 million to North Darfur
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
Low seasonal rainfall, subsequent planting delays, and poor agricultural conditions will likely contribute to below-average crop yields for the 2015/2016 harvest, resulting in increased risk of food insecurity and malnutrition across Sudan, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET).
The Government of Sudan (GoS) Ministry of Health (MoH) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO) declared a viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreak in Darfur Region on October 27. Health actors have recorded at least 200 suspected VHF cases in Darfur—including 104 deaths—since August 29.
On October 13, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)—a pooled humanitarian fund established and managed by the UN to support underfunded emergencies—allocated more than $15 million to address critical funding gaps and provide urgent humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities in North Darfur State.
NUMBERS AT A GLANCE
6.6 million
People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Sudan OCHA – September 2015
4.4 million
People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Darfur OCHA – October 2015
1.7 million
IDPs or Severely Affected Persons in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile States OCHA – October 2014
373,698
Refugees in Sudan UNHCR – November 2015
1,900
Sudanese Refugees in the Central African Republic UNHCR – July 2015
315,200
Sudanese Refugees in Chad UNHCR – July 2015
198,448
Sudanese Refugees in South Sudan Since December 2013 UNHCR – November 2015