The conflict in Sudan began on April 15, 2023.
The eruption of fighting came as Sudan is facing its worst-ever humanitarian crisis with conflict, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and economic degradation resulting in 15.8 million people—about a third of the population, and more than half of them children—needing humanitarian support.
Before the current conflict, Sudan had already been grappling with violence and displacement since the onset of the Darfur crisis in 2003.