Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict
Sudan’s conflict, reignited in April 2023, represents not just a military contest between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but a total systemic collapse that has engulfed governance, infrastructure, markets, and public services. This conflict did not arise in a vac...
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| author | Kirui, Oliver K. Rakhy, Tarig Alhaj Siddig, Khalid Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Abushama, Hala |
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| description | Sudan’s conflict, reignited in April 2023, represents not just a military contest between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but a total systemic collapse that has engulfed governance, infrastructure, markets, and public services. This conflict did not arise in a vacuum. Sudan has long faced structural vulnerabilities including weak institutions, a fragile economy, and climate-related stressors such as erratic rainfall and land degradation. The war, however, accelerated these pre-existing fault lines into a full-blown crisis.
Key urban economies such as Khartoum have been devastated by airstrikes and sieges, while transport corridors and trade routes have been severed. Local governance structures in many regions have been displaced or dissolved, leaving civilians without recourse to basic services or protection. Simultaneously, the banking sector has fractured, disrupting remittances, cash transfers, and supply chains across the country. Insecurity has driven over 12.8 million people from their homes – 8.6 million internally and 3.9 million seeking refuge neighboring countries, as of May 2025 (UNHCR, 2025). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1757772025-11-07T14:53:38Z Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict Kirui, Oliver K. Rakhy, Tarig Alhaj Siddig, Khalid Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Abushama, Hala capacity development conflicts livelihoods vulnerability food insecurity Sudan’s conflict, reignited in April 2023, represents not just a military contest between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but a total systemic collapse that has engulfed governance, infrastructure, markets, and public services. This conflict did not arise in a vacuum. Sudan has long faced structural vulnerabilities including weak institutions, a fragile economy, and climate-related stressors such as erratic rainfall and land degradation. The war, however, accelerated these pre-existing fault lines into a full-blown crisis. Key urban economies such as Khartoum have been devastated by airstrikes and sieges, while transport corridors and trade routes have been severed. Local governance structures in many regions have been displaced or dissolved, leaving civilians without recourse to basic services or protection. Simultaneously, the banking sector has fractured, disrupting remittances, cash transfers, and supply chains across the country. Insecurity has driven over 12.8 million people from their homes – 8.6 million internally and 3.9 million seeking refuge neighboring countries, as of May 2025 (UNHCR, 2025). 2025-07-21 2025-07-23T14:43:45Z 2025-07-23T14:43:45Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175777 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168432 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168417 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141598 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kirui, Oliver K.; Rakhy, Tarig AlHaj; Siddig, Khalid; Tafesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; and Abushama, Hala. 2025. Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict. Sudan SSP Policy Note 12. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. |
| spellingShingle | capacity development conflicts livelihoods vulnerability food insecurity Kirui, Oliver K. Rakhy, Tarig Alhaj Siddig, Khalid Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Abushama, Hala Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict |
| title | Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict |
| title_full | Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict |
| title_fullStr | Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict |
| title_short | Coping with crisis: Livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in Sudan’s current conflict |
| title_sort | coping with crisis livelihood vulnerabilities and food insecurity in sudan s current conflict |
| topic | capacity development conflicts livelihoods vulnerability food insecurity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175777 |
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