LONDON: As Sudan’s war forces millions to flee, the remote frontier town of Wadi Halfa, near the Egyptian border, has become a bottleneck for displaced families — and a focal point of the country’s spiraling public health crisis.
Where trauma, hunger, and war wounds converge daily, one clinic is offering desperate families much-needed respite. Grassroots health initiatives like this are filling the gaps where state and international aid agencies have fallen short.
Since April 2023, when a violent power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces plunged the country into civil war, Sudan has faced a multi-layered catastrophe.
More than 12 million people have been displaced, and the conflict between the SAF and RSF — which some estimates suggest has killed over 150,000 — has triggered the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
In Northern State, Wadi Halfa has transformed from a sleepy border town into a safe haven for thousands of people on the move.
