UN estimates indicate that about 8 million Sudanese have been displaced from their homes internally and externally. The World Food Program can only reach about 10% of Sudanese in need of aid, as "there are large areas of the country that we simply cannot reach" Human rights organizations have been warning - for months - that the specter of famine looms on the horizon in Sudan as a result of obstructing the arrival of humanitarian aid and a severe lack of funding.
The war that broke out between the Sudanese army, led by the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, resulted in the deaths of more than 13,000 people.