The UN and its partners continue to provide life-saving assistance to people affected by conflict in Sudan’s El Obeid city in the North Kordofan state.

The World Food Programme and its partners plan to provide food assistance to more than 72,000 internally displaced people this month and next, with some 12,600 people having been reached so far.

UNICEF and its partners reached more than 95,000 children under the age of five between last Friday and Sunday as part of a nutrition campaign. Health partners have also pre-positioned cholera supplies and essential medicines to strengthen outbreak preparedness.

Insecurity persists in El Obeid. On 22 June, drones reportedly struck two displacement sites in El Obeid, and partners tell us that at least three civilians were killed and 14 were injured. Several shelters were also reportedly damaged at both sites.

Humanitarian partners continue to report fuel shortages, as well as the limited availability of bread, safe drinking water and other essential food items in El Obeid.

OCHA remains alarmed that fighting continues to force people from their homes in El Obeid.

In North Darfur, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported yesterday that 2,200 people were displaced last Friday by insecurity in the villages of Orschi and Dou in the Um Baru locality.

OCHA once again calls for urgent additional funding to scale up life-saving assistance across Sudan. The 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, which requires $2.9 billion to reach more than 20 million people, is only 39 per cent funded.

*Donations made to UN Crisis Relief help UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs reach people in Sudan with urgent support.

Source: UN OCHA