Sudan's three-year war traps civilians as aid dries up and peace stalls

Three years into the Sudanese war between the SAF and RSF, civilians remain trapped as fighting intensifies, with about 11 million displaced and nearly half the population in acute food insecurity. Donors pledged roughly $1.3 billion in Berlin, but there is no viable path to peace and aid access is shrinking amid sieges and attacks on aid workers; external powers’ rivalries, including UAE backing of the RSF, complicate the situation. The UN warns of a protracted, multi-billion-dollar crisis requiring sustained funding and a political breakthrough.