Deteriorating Humanitarian Conditions for the People of South Kordofan
Kadugli - Mashaweer
As of February 2026, South Kordofan State is facing its most difficult humanitarian conditions in years. the overlapping areas of military control and the escalating pace of conflict have placed thousands of displaced persons in the crosshairs of hunger and epidemics.
In the capital, Kadugli, those fleeing surrounding villages are living in severe overcrowding at the Talo school and Qa’ar al-Hajar neighborhood shelters. This comes amid an acute food shortage and a significant spike in prices, alongside urgent distress calls for chronic disease medications and rehydration fluids to combat the specter of cholera.
Meanwhile, the University of Dalanj has turned into a sanctuary for thousands of families suffering from contaminated drinking water and constant terror due to continuous drone strikes. This has increased the need for water purification units and mosquito nets to fight malaria and dengue fever. Similar conditions persist in the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) controlled areas in Kauda and the Yida border camps.
The crisis in Kordofan has moved beyond the boundaries of traditional armed conflict, evolving into what observers describe as a “systematic starvation war.” The conflicting parties (the Army, the Rapid Support Forces, and the SPLM) have intentionally tightened their grip on national and state roads. This siege has resulted in the isolation of major cities such as Kadugli, Dalanj, and El Obeid from main supply chains.