Sudan's crisis deepens after two weeks of floods

Sudan is no stranger to conflict or climate change, with each exacerbating the toll of the other as a year-long civil war spirals further out of control. The onset of the rainy season promises even more devastation for a country whose humanitarian needs are already going unmet.

On July 28, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued a “flash update” highlighting the “impact of heavy rains and flooding” in Sudan.

The announcement indicated that in Kassala State — on the eastern border with Eritrea — floods had “affected thousands of people, including internally displaced people (IDPs), host communities, and refugees".

Among them were over 10,000 “newly arrived IDPs” from Sennar State on the south-eastern border with Ethiopia.