Key donors’ aid cuts catastrophic to humanitarian efforts in Sudan, UN warns. More than 30 million people, over half of them children, are in need of aid in Sudan. \”Without urgent funding, famine is likely to spread in the coming months,\” it cautioned. Since mid-April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The conflict has claimed at least 29,683 lives, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data, a crisis monitoring group. On February 17, the UN launched a six-billion-dollar humanitarian appeal to assist nearly 26 million Sudanese affected by the ongoing conflict, both inside Sudan and in neighbouring countries. The needs are even greater this year, with 4.2 billion U.S. dollars required for humanitarian aid in. Sudan, yet only 6.3 percent of the funding has been received. The UN agency further warned that the abrupt funding cuts and suspensions would end life-saving humanitarian assistance for millions of women, children, and other vulnerable groups across the country.