Ongoing warfare in Sudan, with more than 14,600 people killed and 10.7 million displaced, has steadily broken down the country’s political, social, and medical services. Reports suggest that more than 25 million of the country’s 46 million people need assistance; cholera cases had risen to over 10,700 by late February; and between 70 and 80 percent of hospitals in affected states have been left nonfunctional.
As violence and displacement counts rise, humanitarian aid efforts haven’t kept up. Instead, initiatives to negotiate between the warring powers—the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan “Hemeti” Dagalo—have been the priority for the international community, neglecting the suffering that ordinary Sudanese citizens have endured for close to a year. While talks have been on and off for months, vital humanitarian