Aid teams in Sudan appeal for more help as supplies are running out

Aid teams working to help millions of people uprooted by the war in Sudan appealed on Friday for more international assistance amid desperate funding shortages, empty warehouses and overwhelming needs. UN News reported the appeal on 6 November 2026.

The war has created extreme levels of displacement, both inside Sudan and across its borders. UN News says 15.4 million people urgently require shelter. In a joint statement that Friday, the UN refugee agency UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration said humanitarian agencies can assist only about one in 10 of those in need because of funding shortages.

Mohamed Refaat, chief of mission in Sudan for the UN migration agency IOM, spoke from Khartoum. He said 16 trucks arrived in Darfur just a day earlier, but they were the last the agency had in its stocks. Supplies are running out, he said. He also said access to displaced and returning people has improved, so aid workers can reach more of them. That also means they can hear more of their stories of suffering, and nobody can say they do not know.

Abubakarr Jalloh, deputy representative in Sudan for the UN refugee agency UNHCR, spoke by video from Khartoum. He described what basic items mean to people who have fled. For a woman who has lost everything, a tent is more than a shelter. It is the difference between sleeping in the open among strangers and having a space of her own, and it is safety for her and her family. A solar lamp is also safety, because it lets a woman reach a latrine at night without walking in darkness.