In Sudan, the freeze on U.S. aid has forced up to 80% of emergency food kitchens — or about 1,100 facilities — to close, exacerbating Sudan’s food crisis. The BBC quoted one aid worker who said the cuts left people “screaming from hunger in the streets.” Separately, the World Food Programme has temporarily halted aid distribution in North Darfur’s Zamzam camp due to intensified fighting between Sudan’s army and RSF paramilitary forces.

On Wednesday, a senior U.N. aid official briefed the Security Council on Sudan’s crisis.

Edem Wosornu: “Nearly two years of relentless conflict in Sudan have inflicted immense suffering and turned parts of the country into a hellscape. Some of the humanitarian dimensions of this crisis bear repeating: more than 12 million people displaced, including 3.4 million people who have fled across Sudan’s borders; more than half of the country — 24.6 million people — experiencing acute hunger.”