Top U.N. humanitarian officials on Friday warned that Sudan is teetering on the edge of collapse, describing it as the site of the world’s worst displacement crisis and urging urgent international intervention to prevent an even greater catastrophe.
Briefing reporters virtually following a recent joint visit to Sudan, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General for Operations Ugochi Daniels described Sudan as being on the brink.
"Now, in its third year of war, Sudan is the world's worst displacement crisis," Daniels said.
Over 30 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, she said, adding that 4.3 million people are displaced across borders in neighboring countries.
"This is made all the worse by food insecurity, disease outbreaks, flooding, grave human rights violations, widespread damage to the infrastructure and the near collapse of most of the most essential services, and that's why an inter-agency approach is critical," Daniels stressed.
