Sudan | Rapid Needs Assessment in Kadugli locality (South Kordofan state), February 2026

Country: Sudan

Sources: REACH Initiative, Save the Children

Please refer to the attached file.

CONTEXT & RATIONALE

Since April 2023, the conflict in Sudan has continued across various parts of the country, severely affecting civilian populations and disrupting access to essential services. Famine (IPC Phase 5) is ongoing in Kadugli amid intensifying circumstances.¹

Although supply lines and access to the population of Kadugli is expected to improve with the easing of the siege, conflict continues to drive displacement, looting, and severe disruptions to livelihoods, trade, access to services, and mutual and humanitarian aid.² According to internal IMPACT Public Health Landscape data analysis, populations in Kadugli locality lack critical public health information, limiting evidence-based decision-making, program prioritization, and effective response. This assessment aims to generate critical evidence to inform humanitarian programming, guide response planning and support resource mobilization for a large, highly vulnerable population.

The rapid needs assessment was conducted in collaboration with Save the Children (SCI) between 6-18 of December 2025, covering 289 households (153 HHs: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and 136 HHs: host community) with the objective of determining the humanitarian needs of affected populations in Kadugli locality. Findings are indicative only, and can not be generalized beyond the assessed populations. ...