{"id":31797,"date":"2026-04-14T10:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31797"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:34:49","slug":"sudan-is-an-abandoned-crisis-as-war-enters-fourth-year-funding-dries-up-un","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sudan-is-an-abandoned-crisis-as-war-enters-fourth-year-funding-dries-up-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan is an \u201cabandoned crisis\u201d as war enters fourth year, funding dries up: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, told reporters in New York via video link from Khartoum that the crisis is following a grim pattern of repeated atrocities and repeated suffering.<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are on repeat in Sudan,\u201d Brown said. \u201cPlease don\u2019t call this a forgotten crisis. I\u2019m referring to this as an abandoned crisis.\u201d Brown cited reports from the UN human rights office and humanitarian partners indicating widespread rape and gang rape, particularly in Darfur. Humanitarian services in the region have treated close to 2 500 survivors of sexual violence over the past year. She said the impact extends beyond survivors, affecting families, communities and children born as a result of sexual violence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>She also highlighted reports of mass killings around El Fasher, saying 6 000 people were killed in three days according to verified information, while the true figure could be higher.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Brown urged the international community to focus on preventing atrocities before they happen, including by addressing the flow of weapons and the wider war economy. She questioned whether enough is being done to enforce the Darfur arms embargo and said humanitarians are left \u201cpicking up the pieces\u201d in the absence of political action.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>UN agencies, international non-governmental organisations and Sudanese organisations remain on the ground, she said, but humanitarian assistance cannot substitute for an end to the war.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Among Brown\u2019s greatest concerns is Dilling in South Kordofan, where aid convoys recently reached the town after years of difficulty, but access has since collapsed following renewed attacks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cNow, convoys can no longer enter, and civilians are once again trying to flee amid daily bombardment,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is no safe passage out.\u201d She also warned of growing displacement in Blue Nile State, where close to 30 000 people have reportedly been uprooted by recent fighting.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Brown said funding shortfalls are worsening the crisis. The 2025 response plan was only 35% funded. So far in 2026, the $2.8 billion humanitarian appeal is just 16% funded.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe need a huge focus on finding a solution,\u201d she said, \u201cand while that solution is pursued, we need funding so the basic necessities of the people of Sudan are met.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;UN\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31798,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-31797","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"As Sudan\u2019s war enters its fourth year, civilians continue to be killed, displaced and subjected to widespread sexual violence, the United Nations\u2019 (UN) top humanitarian official in the country warned on Monday, urging urgent action to end the fighting and protect civilians.\r\n","published_date":"","news_description":"As Sudan\u2019s war enters its fourth year, civilians continue to be killed, displaced and subjected to widespread sexual violence, the United Nations\u2019 (UN) top humanitarian official in the country warned on Monday, urging urgent action to end the fighting and protect civilians.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31799,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31797\/revisions\/31799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}