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Sudan Crisis Guide - What You Need To Know
Trying to make sense of the war in Sudan? We’ll get you up to speed in just a few minutes.
This guide breaks down what’s happening in Sudan and why it matters. We update it regularly so you can stay informed. The latest update was on January 2, 2026. Want updates delivered directly to you? Join our email list. You can also find specific ways to help at the bottom of this guide.
The War In Sudan
Sudan is a beautiful country with a rich history in northeast Africa, just south of Egypt along the Red Sea. With over 50 million people and deep diversity, Sudan sits at the crossroads of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. It’s also the third-largest country on the continent.
A brutal war broke out in Khartoum on April 15, 2023 between:
Sudan Armed Forces (SAF): The country’s official military, including the army, air force, and navy.
Rapid Support Forces (RSF): A paramilitary group formed by a previous dictatorship.
Both sides failed to eliminate each other’s leadership and violence spiraled into a nationwide crisis. Police units, intelligence services, local militias, and some rebel groups from past conflicts have taken sides. The RSF is also recruiting foreign mercenaries from across the Sahel and receiving weaponry from the United Arab Emirates.
Why Are Sudan’s Warring Factions Fighting?
The military and RSF were once allies. That began to change in October 2021 after they overthrow a civilian-led reform government. Tensions rose rapidly between both sides after the coup. RSF commander Mohamed “Hemeti” Dagalo sees himself as Sudan’s next dictator, while SAF generals believe they are the rightful rulers. It’s important to note that many Sudanese citizens want neither in charge. A majority want a democratic, civilian government. There are also deep ethnic divisions driving the violence:
SAF: Led mostly by elite Nile Valley Arab officers, some of Sudan’s most privileged groups. While SAF is ethnically mixed at the ground level, Arab supremacy and racism persist in its ranks. Army units have carried out ethnically targeted attacks on civilians.
RSF: Dominated by Arab tribes from Darfur. Many commanders and fighters hold a violent and racist ideology that calls for the ethnic cleansing of Darfur’s African communities and subjugation of all other Sudanese Arabs.
This map shows approximate areas of control in Sudan:
Pink: Sudan Armed Forces and Joint Forces allies
Green: Rapid Support Forces and militia allies
Purple: SLM, a Darfuri rebel group from previous wars that is neutral in the conflict
Yellow: SPLM-N, indigenous rebel group in the Nuba Mountains from previous wars
Orange: RSF and SPLM-N have a fragile alliance with troops that overlap in some areas.
In mid-2025, SAF launched major offensives into central and south-central Sudan, recapturing the capital city of Khartoum and expanding their control to El-Obied. The RSF has since ground the army’s advance to a halt in North Kordofan, captured the last SAF stronghold in West Kordofan, and has pushed into limited parts of South Kordofan.
Meanwhile, a SAF garrison and their local allies have been driven out of El Fasher in North Darfur after a brutal RSF siege that has been underway since 2023. The RSF has since committed a genocide in the city, with low estimates suggesting at least 30,000 civilians have been massacred.
Map: Click or tap to expand. L.r. stands for “local resistance” and these areas are controlled by either the army nor RSF. Pins mark locations of the most recent heaviest fighting. (source)
SAF’s long supply lines and ongoing fuel shortages has weakened the army’s ability to continue advancing, while the RSF is now operating closer to their main bases with tighter supply lines. Neither side is capable of securing an outright victory. Meanwhile, it’s the Sudanese people —trapped between bombs, drone strikes, food blockades, and targeted brutality— who continue to suffer most.
Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis: The World’s Largest Emergency
It’s barely in the news, but Sudan is collapsing before the world’s eyes. Khartoum’s neighborhoods lie in ruins. In the oppressed western Darfur region, entire communities have been annihilated by the RSF. Villages are burning, crops are rotting in the fields, and families are fleeing with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Food, medicine, and safety are all vanishing.
This armed conflict is just as much a war on the Sudanese people as it is between rival generals. The RSF is targeting ethnic African minorities for extermination and SAF is blocking aid access to large swaths of the country. War crimes are being committed en masse by both sides. The human toll is staggering:
No one knows the death toll, but 250,000+ people have likely been killed by violence, starvation, and disease. This is a moderate estimate based on the very little data that is available and may be a severe undercount.
19 Sudanese need humanitarian aid, while an estimated 5 million people are already living in emergency or famine conditions.
Over 9.5 million people have fled their homes, with millions more having left Sudan as refugees.
More than 65% of the country’s main hospitals are closed or destroyed, with many of the ones still functioning at risk of closure from shortages of medical staff, supplies, safe water, and electricity. Disease outbreaks are spreading quickly, too.
55% of schools are closed, leaving roughly 13 million children with no classroom to attend.
Maps: The latest famine tracking and projections from The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. (source)
What Are World Leaders Doing to End the War in Sudan?
World leaders have largely turned a blind eye as Sudan burns. A smattering of diplomatic efforts have failed to bring about a lasting ceasefire. International aid was only 36% funded for all of 2025, leaving millions of Sudanese facing hunger and disease. Even in refugee camps outside of Sudan, where aid is much easier to deliver, hunger is rampant due to this lack of attention.
The recent chaos the Trump Administration has inflicted on USAID —one of the largest providers of lifesaving food relief in Sudan— has resulted in the closure of over 60% of Sudanese-run emergency food kitchens, threatening to push more areas of the country into full-blown famine. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates is fueling the violence and stretching out the war by supplying weapons, mercenaries, and resources to the RSF.
Despite these challenges, ordinary Sudanese are still finding ways to help each other. The international community can and should be doing far more to support Sudanese-led initiatives and prevent a total collapse into failed statehood.
How You Can Help The People of Sudan
Operation Broken Silence is dedicated to Sudanese communities, cultivating resilience and driving meaningful change through crowdfunded programs. In December 2025, our supporters gave $77,833 to Sudanese heroes, which is being used to deliver emergency food aid, medications, and school supplies and to provide counseling services. Here’s how you can join us.
Our global event turns everyday runs, bike rides, and walks into lifesaving support. Every dollar you raise helps fund Sudanese heroes who are providing emergency aid, healthcare, and education to their people. We also have an option where you can skip the exercise and just fundraise. And the best part? Donations to your fundraising page will be matched!
Can’t fundraise right now? You can help by making a one-time donation or getting up a small monthly gift.
Make checks payable to Operation Broken Silence and mail to PO Box 770900 Memphis, TN 38177. You can also donate stock or crypto. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law.
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This year in Sudan has been both challenging and inspiring. While the war has brought unprecedented suffering, we've also witnessed firsthand the incredible resilience, courage, and compassion of our Sudanese partners. Thank you for standing with them this year.
You can get the latest overview of the crisis in Sudan, recent program updates, and discover key deadlines for the 2025 Giving Season below. Operation Broken Silence is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. Our EIN is 80-0671198. Donations are tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law, and your gift can make a real difference.
2025 Giving Deadlines
For your gift to count for the 2025 tax year:
Online Donations - Must be submitted by midnight on December 31.
Checks - Must be dated and postmarked by December 31. Make checks payable to Operation Broken Silence and mail to PO Box 770900 Memphis, TN 38177-0900.
DAFs, Stocks and Mutual funds, and Cryptocurrency - Investment gifts and donor-advised funds take time for brokers and exchanges to execute. We recommend submitting them no later than Monday, December 29 to ensure there is enough time. Please note that gifts of stock, mutual funds, and cryptocurrency are non-refundable.
With your generous support, we can help our Sudanese partners continue saving and change lives for the better. Thank you for being a part of our movement this year. Talk to you soon.
Onward,
Mark C. Hackett
Executive Director
Adré Children’s Feeding Program and Clinic Update - December 2025
Clinic operations continue without interruption, with full availability of medicines and medical supplies, and strong commitment from staff.
Program Background
When war erupted in Sudan in April 2023, Darfur quickly became the epicenter of some of the conflict’s worst atrocities. What began as a power struggle between Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) spiraled into a brutal, targeted campaign of violence. The largely Arab RSF launched a hate-driven assault on Darfur’s historic ethnic African communities, including the Zaghawa, Fur, and Masalit people groups.
Map by Operation Broken Silence
Parts of Darfur are now in famine. Refugees crossing the border into Adré, with nothing but the clothes on their backs and thousand-yard stares, tell stories of mass killings and starvation. Darfur has descended into ethnic cleansing, widespread rape, and total lawlessness under RSF occupation. Markets, farms, banks, and aid warehouses have been looted or destroyed.
In response, Operation Broken Silence is helping to support local heroes as they deliver emergency food and medical care to some of the most vulnerable refugee communities on the Sudan/Chad border. We’re supporting trusted Sudanese community leaders in two key areas:
The Adré refugee camps
The Tiné area
Below are important updates from the For You Children’s Feeding Center and Healthcare Clinic in Adré—both of which are refugee-led and privately funded by people like you.
November Overview
November marked the transition between rainy season illnesses and winter-related conditions. While malaria cases began to decline, it remained the most prevalent disease. Clinic operations continued without interruption, with full availability of medicines and medical supplies, and strong commitment from staff. Service expansion included additional obstetrics clinics and increased attendance at the chronic diseases unit following the arrival of refugees from El Fasher in North Darfur.
Photos: Life at the Clinic in Adré
Departmental Activities
1. General Consultation (General Practitioner)
1,516 patients (12% increase vs. October).
Children represented 40% of patients.
Disease frequency: 2,855 cases (average of 2 per patient).
Notable cases: 2 Hepatitis B, 1 pulmonary tuberculosis.
Malaria remains dominant but declining; winter-related illnesses rising.
2. Chronic Diseases Clinic
697 patients (8% increase).
Growth linked to new refugee arrivals from El Fasher.
Full provision of medicines, tests, and counseling.
Celebrated World Diabetes Day with patients.
3. Women’s & Obstetrics Clinic
120 patients (50% increase).
Expanded services with Dr. Muawiya Ishaq joining; weekly clinics doubled.
Anticipated further expansion with Dr. Mohamed Omar’s return.
Provided consultations and care for women and pregnant patients.
4. Emergency & Short-Stay Department
346 cases (11.5% decrease).
Malaria remained the top emergency, followed by bleeding and respiratory distress.
Children were the majority of emergency cases.
5. Nursing & Minor Operations Department
306 patients (3% increase).
Services included injections, wound care, and minor procedures.
Supplies sufficient; seasonal decline in skin/wound cases.
6. Laboratory Department
1,309 patients (5% increase).
2,579 tests conducted (15% increase).
Restored funding enabled previously suspended tests.
Most common: malaria, urine, diabetes, blood pressure, typhoid.
7. Guidance & Awareness Department
12 group sessions, 35 individual sessions.
Focused on hygiene, chronic disease awareness, and mental health.
Photos: Breast cancer awareness event
8. Media & Public Relations Department
Weekly reports published consistently.
Expanded photo/video archives.
Collaborated on awareness campaigns, including World Diabetes Day.
Hosted delegation from “ACTED” organization to complete NGO profile.
Engaged West Darfur Emergency Coordination Council to explore funding opportunities for Darfuri refugees in Chad.
9. Training Department
3 medical discussion sessions (lab requests, diabetes testing).
All staff participated.
Added new laboratory trainee.
10. Feeding Center
6,309 meals served to children (11.5% decrease). The slight decline is linked to the closure of a nearby kindergarten.
Staff/patient/companion meals: 1,442 (stable vs. October).
Photos: Life at the feeding center in Adré
11. Workforce
After a shortage of doctors and lab technicians in late September:
A new general practitioner, Dr. Mariam Bashir, joined the clinic.
A malaria technician, Mr. Al-Hafiz Mohamed, joined the laboratory team.
12. Infrastructure & Sustainability
Repaired rain-damaged structures: feeding center façade, fences, patient shelters, benches.
Expanded solar energy capacity to meet clinic demand.
Renewed signage and flowerbeds.
Current conditions in Adré
The situation Sudanese refugees face in eastern Chad is a protracted humanitarian emergency. People fleeing ethnic cleansing and famine face hunger and disease after arriving at one of the 30+ informal border crossings, many having walked for days carrying only what they could, including mothers and children weakened by hunger and trauma. The scale of this crisis is staggering:
The number of Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad has surged to nearly 900,000 people.
87% of those registered are women and children, of which 24% are adult women.
Over 235,000 refugees are currently settled in the Adré area, more than five times the town’s original population.
14% have registered refugees specific needs, including people with disabilities, single parents, or those who are at-risk.
Source: UNHCR CHAD | CORE Sudan Emergency Situation (December 14, 2025)
These heroes need your help
The needs in Adré are urgent and growing every week. Right now, it takes a minimum of $8,500 each month to keep the For You Child Feeding Center & Clinic running at minimal capacity. This covers everything from medical supplies and health awareness to hot meals for vulnerable children to basic medication for patients that couldn’t afford it otherwise.
These programs can expand with even more funding. Thousands are still waiting for care. Countless children go to bed hungry every night. You can help change that. In a place where hope is in short supply, your generosity means more than you can imagine.
Checks can be made payable to Operation Broken Silence with Adré written in the memo line and mailed to PO Box 770900 Memphis, TN 38177-0900. You can also donate stock and cryptocurrency while adding a note specifying your gift is for Adré.
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When war erupted in Sudan in April 2023, Darfur quickly became the epicenter of some of the conflict’s worst atrocities, sparking off a protracted humanitarian emergency for refugees in eastern Chad. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/adre-childrens-feeding-program-and-clinic-update-december-2025
Over 235,000 refugees are currently settled in the Adré area. Most are women and children. A small clinic and feeding center are saving lives, but they need your help to keep going. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/adre-childrens-feeding-program-and-clinic-update-december-2025
The small clinic in Adré continues saving and changing lives. Each week, the dedicated team works with compassion to deliver lifesaving care to Sudanese refugees, despite limited resources and growing demand. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/adre-childrens-feeding-program-and-clinic-update-december-2025
What does hope look like in a refugee camp? It looks like a child receiving her only hot meal of the day. A mother being treated for malaria. A community standing together. Help us keep hope alive. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/adre-childrens-feeding-program-and-clinic-update-december-2025
Letter to National Basketball Association concerning Emirates partnership
Operation Broken Silence is joining 17 other humanitarian and human rights organizations in calling on the NBA to end future partnership with Emirates, unless the UAE ends its documented role in fueling atrocities in Sudan.
Background image from Canva Pro. Foreground image from Sudanese social media.
Operation Broken Silence is joining 17 other humanitarian and human rights organizations in calling on the National Basketball Association to end future partnership with Emirates, the flagship airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), unless the UAE ends its documented role in fueling atrocities in Sudan.
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As the Emirates NBA Cup mid-season tournament enters its final rounds in Las Vegas this week ahead of December 16th’s championship game, a coalition of humanitarian and human rights organizations is calling on the National Basketball Association to end future partnership with Emirates, the flagship airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), unless the UAE ends its documented role in fueling atrocities in Sudan.
The groups warn that the “Emirates NBA Cup” lends legitimacy and prestige to the UAE, a government accused of providing a massive flow of weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group responsible for mass killings, sexual violence, and genocide in Sudan. More than 12 million people have been forced from their homes, and hundreds of thousands have died, the vast majority of them civilians, since the conflict escalated. In recent weeks, RSF forces seized the city of El Fasher and launched a new massacre of civilians there. The RSF has continued atrocities in the Kordofan region, including drone strikes this week on a kindergarten and a nearby hospital.
The SpeakOutonSudan campaign is asking fans to sign a petition calling on the NBA to end its sponsorship agreement with Emirates as long as the UAE continues to support the genocide in Sudan. “This partnership is not innocent—it is sportswashing, and it hides the suffering of Sudanese people behind a trophy,” the petition states.
At 3pm PST on Tuesday, December 16th, activists will hold a demonstration in Toshiba Plaza opposite T-Mobile Arena, ahead of the Emirates NBA Cup Final. Campaign leaders are available for remote and in-person interviews – please contact Prapti Ajmera, pajmera@westendstrategy.com.
“Millions of Sudanese civilians have been displaced, attacked, and killed with weapons supplied by the UAE, yet the NBA continues to give that same government a global platform of celebration and prestige,” said Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International. “The NBA has an opportunity, and a responsibility, to stand on the right side of history by ending this sponsorship. Sports should stand for integrity and human dignity—not help cover up the suffering of millions.”
“The NBA’s credibility as a league that stands for justice and fairness is at risk,” said John Prendergast, co-founder of The Sentry. “Will the league take action to break off their connection to a government that is funding and arming genocide in Sudan? Or is “shut up and dribble” going to be the way forward for the NBA on this issue?”
“The reality is that even as the Emirates NBA Cup plays out, tens of thousands of Sudanese civilians have been killed by a group directly armed by the United Arab Emirates,” said Fareed Zein, Board Chairman of the Sudanese American Public Affairs Association. The NBA should partner with the Sudanese people, not those enabling genocide.”
The SpeakOutOnSudan campaign is led by a coalition of groups including Refugees International; The Sentry; No Business With Genocide; The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights; Sudan Unlimited; Advocacy Network for Africa (AdNA); American Friends Service Committee; The Human Security Project; Stop Genocide Now; Darfur Women Action Group; SIHA Network; Confluence Advisory; Decolonize Sudan; Pax Christi New York State; Operation Broken Silence; iACT; the Sudanese American Public Affairs Association; and Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC).
Another Way To Help
Our free global event turns everyday runs, bike rides, and walks into lifesaving support. Every mile you put in and dollar you raise helps fund emergency aid and long-term education programs led by Sudanese heroes. Not a fan of fitness? We have an option where you can skip the moving and just fundraise. Every dollar raised still makes a difference. Donations are being matched for a limited time!
Checks can be made payable to Operation Broken Silence and mailed to PO Box 770900 Memphis, TN 38177-0900. You can also donate stock or crypto. Operation Broken Silence a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our EIN is 80-0671198. Donations are tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law.
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Operation Broken Silence is joining 17 other humanitarian and human rights organizations in calling on the NBA to end future partnership with Emirates, unless the UAE ends its documented role in fueling atrocities in Sudan. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/letter-to-national-basketball-association-concerning-emirates-partnership
The SpeakOutonSudan campaign is asking fans to sign a petition calling on the NBA to end its sponsorship agreement with Emirates as long as the UAE continues to support the genocide in Sudan. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/letter-to-national-basketball-association-concerning-emirates-partnership
At 3pm PST on Tuesday, December 16th, activists will hold a demonstration in Toshiba Plaza opposite T-Mobile Arena, ahead of the Emirates NBA Cup Final. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/letter-to-national-basketball-association-concerning-emirates-partnership
Operation Broken Silence is dedicated to Sudanese communities, cultivating resilience and driving meaningful change through crowdfunded programs. Will you join us? https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/letter-to-national-basketball-association-concerning-emirates-partnership
IPC predicts 19.2 million Sudanese will face acute food insecurity heading into 2026
While some areas in eastern Sudan have seen improvement, war and uncertainty in the Darfur and Kordofan provinces ensures the world’s largest humanitarian emergency will continue well into next year.
Background Image: RSF fighters celebrating in El Fasher. Foreground Image: IPC Snapshot Report of Sudan famine.
While some areas in eastern Sudan have seen improvement, war and uncertainty in the Darfur and Kordofan provinces ensures the world’s largest humanitarian emergency will continue well into next year.
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For the second time in less than a year, a Famine Review Committee working underneath The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has confirmed famine is underway in parts of Sudan. The grim news comes in a Snapshot Report released by the IPC in November.
The IPC says that back in September, during the peak of the lean season, 21.2 million people were facing high levels of acute food insecurity. This was a decline of roughly 3.4 million people from earlier in the year, largely after the army captured Khartoum, Al Jazirah and Sennar states starting in March 2025. Although marginal to the scale of this crisis, this was obviously good news for families who saw their living conditions slightly improve as conflict reduced and humanitarian aid access improved in these areas.
Sudan Crisis Guide
Trying to make sense of the war in Sudan? Let’s get you up to speed.
Looking forward, the IPC predicts another 2 million Sudanese are expected to see improved food conditions in the first months of 2026, mostly due to increased sorghum and millet production in these same provinces.
Snapshot Summary
You can see the full 6 page snapshot here. We’ve also pulled together some highlights from the IPC’s report below:
As of September 2025, El Fasher in North Darfur —which is experiencing a fast-paced genocide— and the besieged town of Kadugli in South Kordofan were classified as being in Famine (IPC Phase 5 - with reasonable evidence). Famine is characterized by a total collapse of livelihoods, starvation, extremely high levels of malnutrition, and death.
With the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) recently regaining some momentum, the uncertainty surrounding the future of the war heightens the risk of famine, particularly in 20 areas expected to receive displaced populations across North, South, and East Darfur, as well as West and South Kordofan. IPC notes that since October 26, the RSF capturing El Fasher has resulted in widespread human suffering and further displacement towards Tawila and other neighboring areas, exacerbating already dire humanitarian needs.
There is a risk of famine in 20 areas across the Darfur and Kordofan provinces between October 2025 and May 2026. This risk arises under a plausible worst-case scenario involving intensified conflict, and further restrictions on humanitarian access and the movement of goods and people, beyond what is anticipated in the most-likely scenario. The good news is that, compared to the December 2024–May 2025 IPC projection, 9 of the 17 areas previously at risk of famine no longer face this risk.
Graphic by IPC (click or tap to expand)
Conflict is expected to intensify with the onset of the dry season, with remaining frontlines in North Darfur and Greater Kordofan remaining highly volatile. Eastern Sudan is expected to stay relatively stable, though airstrikes will likely continue in Khartoum, Kosti (White Nile State), El Obeid (North Kordofan), and South Darfur.
Harvests in the Darfur and Kordofan provinces will be well below average due to insecurity, despite favorable agroclimatic conditions. Central and eastern Sudan —particularly Al Jazirah, Sennar and Khartoum— expect an increased sorghum and millet production compared to 2024. However, these gains will be partially constrained by infrastructure damage and limited access to inputs. Blue Nile State will likely experience below-average production due to dry spells.
Between February-May 2026, food availability is expected to decline across the country as households’ stocks from the harvest diminish. Conflict around the El Obeid corridor will likely hinder the movement of essential goods from more stable areas of eastern Sudan states to the southern and western states of Kordofan and Darfur. Food prices are expected to rise as food stocks gradually decline and, in rural and poorly connected areas, limited access to major urban markets may persist.
How you can help
Our free global event turns everyday runs, bike rides, and walks into lifesaving support. Every mile you put in and dollar you raise helps fund emergency aid, healthcare, and education programs led by Sudanese heroes. We also have an option where you can skip the exercise and just fundraise. Donations are being matched for a limited time!
Checks can be made payable to Operation Broken Silence and mailed to PO Box 770900 Memphis, TN 38177-0900. You can also donate stock or crypto. Operation Broken Silence a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. Our EIN is 80-0671198.
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While some areas in eastern Sudan have seen improvement, war and uncertainty in the Darfur and Kordofan provinces ensures the world’s largest humanitarian emergency will continue well into next year. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/ipc-predicts-19-million-sudanese-to-face-acute-food-insecurity-heading-into-2026
For the second time in less than a year, a Famine Review Committee working underneath The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has confirmed famine is underway in parts of Sudan. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/ipc-predicts-19-million-sudanese-to-face-acute-food-insecurity-heading-into-2026
As of September 2025, El Fasher in North Darfur and the besieged town of Kadugli in South Kordofan were classified as being in Famine, which is characterized by a total collapse of livelihoods, starvation, extremely high levels of malnutrition, and death. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/ipc-predicts-19-million-sudanese-to-face-acute-food-insecurity-heading-into-2026
Operation Broken Silence is dedicated to Sudanese communities, cultivating resilience and driving meaningful change through crowdfunded programs. Will you join us? https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/ipc-predicts-19-million-sudanese-to-face-acute-food-insecurity-heading-into-2026
Movement Spotlight: Ashley Makar
Meet one of our special supporters, who has raised nearly $2,700 for Sudanese heroes through Miles For Sudan.
Photo by Lucy Gellman.
Operation Broken Silence is a small nonprofit dedicated to Sudanese communities, cultivating resilience and driving meaningful change through crowdfunded programs. Everything we do —from supporting Sudanese teachers in underfunded classrooms or frontline healthcare in refugee camps— is made possible by people who give monthly, fundraise, and donate to Sudanese heroes. Today, we want to introduce you to one of these special supporters.
Meet Ashley Makar
Ashley is from Birmingham, Alabama and now lives in Connecticut. She says:
“I started learning the story of Sudan one summer after college in Egypt. The Sudanese refugee community in Cairo helped me realize my vocation. I’ve been working with refugees and immigrants for over 12 years in Connecticut — currently through Havenly, an immigrant-led nonprofit that builds community power. I’m blessed to have Sudanese friends–from Darfur, the Nuba Mountains, Aba Island, and South Sudan. Their homes have been destroyed by war, and they keep teaching me how to kindle hope, no matter how dark the times. It reminds me of the psalm line even the darkness is not dark to you.
When I asked my friend Atem, ‘How do you keep your hope?’ he laughed. ‘Sudanese people sing too much,’ he told me.
My Sudanese friends have taught me how to stitch belonging out of loss, how to grieve and celebrate together, how to imagine Sudan as it could be: a kinship of peace, a beloved community. And they are working towards it, day by day.”
She originally got involved by starting a team through Miles for Sudan, our global event for runners, walkers, and cyclists raising awareness and funds for the Sudanese people:
“It’s been life-giving. I started my Miles for Sudan journey over a year ago. And I’m going to keep going, until there is peace in Sudan.”
Ashley is also fundraising for the clinic and children’s feeding center our organization is helping to support in Adré, eastern Chad. She says:
“My friend Dr. Abdelillah is a founding leader of the clinic and feeding center in Chad that is a lifeline for survivors of the genocide in Darfur. OBS is partnered with them, and this is one of the many reasons I’m inspired to participate in our mission. Supporting Sudanese heroes –especially Indigenous community leaders from the Nuba Mountains and Darfur– is close to my heart.
I will be a lifelong OBS supporter, in honor of my Sudanese heroes: Azhar, Lameese, Suzy, Angelina, Dut, Jurkuch, Gabriel and Gabriel, Ibrahim, Eltaieb, Amal, Elham, Khalid, Ragaa, Nemairy, Ahlam, Anwar, Fouad, Dr. Abdelillah, Alawia, Nuha, Nusaiba, Kallou, Anour, Kaka, Enas, Yusif, Adam, and many others whose resilience is a light for all who meet them
Her Miles For Sudan team has already raised over $2,700! Ashley’s encouragement for anyone thinking about joining?
“Jump in! It’s easy. I’m not a runner–I jog or walk two miles a day, and over the course of a year, my team and I have gone over 700 miles for Sudan. You can hike, swim, cycle, practice yoga–whatever your movement of choice. The most important thing is, you’re participating in the Movement with Sudanese community leaders, teachers, and healers who are doing the liberation work the world needs more than ever these days.”
Get Involved
Our free global event turns everyday runs, bike rides, and walks into lifesaving support. Every mile you put in and dollar you raise helps fund emergency aid, healthcare, and education programs led by Sudanese heroes. We also have an option where you can skip the exercise and just fundraise. Every dollar raised makes a difference. Donations are being matched for a limited time!
Checks can be made payable to Operation Broken Silence and mailed to PO Box 770900 Memphis, TN 38177-0900. You can also donate stock or crypto. Operation Broken Silence a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. Our EIN is 80-0671198.
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Everything we do —whether it’s supporting frontline healthcare in refugee camps or teachers in underfunded classrooms— is made possible by people who choose to stand with the Sudanese people. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/movement-spotlight-ashley-makar
“When I asked my friend Atem, ‘How do you keep your hope?’ he laughed. ‘Sudanese people sing too much,’ he told me.” https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/movement-spotlight-ashley-makar
Meet OBS supporter Ashley Makar! Her Miles For Sudan team has raised over $2,700 for Sudanese heroes. https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/movement-spotlight-ashley-makar
Operation Broken Silence is dedicated to Sudanese communities, cultivating resilience and driving meaningful change through crowdfunded programs. Will you join us? https://operationbrokensilence.org/blog/movement-spotlight-ashley-makar