We publish today our report on the obstruction of access to aid in Sudan. The report provide analysis of the most important parties and actors contributing to the process of obstruction of aid as per our findings. This report comes at the times where almost 60 percent of Sudanese people are in need of urgent humanitarian in 2025 according to the united nations.
Executive Summary
The systemic obstruction of aid in Sudan manifests through various approaches and methods, contingent upon several factors such as location, controlling group, administrative authorities, and social tensions, among others. Despite these variables, there are common patterns of obstruction methods employed by actors across different regions.
The de facto government in Port Sudan and local state authorities have imposed restrictions on the movement of aid and the operations of humanitarian groups. Local and international aid organizations are forced to navigate complicated and lengthy procedures to ensure access to IDP-hosting areas. Local volunteers working with Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) and other community-led initiatives are targeted by security forces daily. Dozens of activists have been detained, tortured, prosecuted, or prevented from entering certain areas by SAF and its security forces.
Widespread violence, looting, and intimidation of civilians and aid workers dominate the scene in RSF control areas. Local responders operating in RSF-controlled regions face extremely hazardous conditions. They are regularly subjected to questioning and arrest. The movement of supplies and aid is further complicated by both parties and is subjected to multiple checkpoints, resulting in the confiscation of portions of shipments or significant delays in movement. Volunteers running community kitchens in several areas within Khartoum were detained, interrogated, and threatened by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in their controlled regions across Sudan.
The world must step up to its responsibility to protect civilians, especially women and girls. International donors must commit to taking action to support local initiatives and scale up their interventions to fill the gaps and build effective partnerships. Sudanese people are losing their lives every day due to hunger, with women and girls suffering the most. The world must not leave them behind.
