The last quarter of 2024 saw more violence in Sudan than at any time since the conflict began nearly two years ago, Save the Children said, with significant violent attacks against children and other civilians continuing into 2025.

Save the Children analysed instances of violence in Sudan recorded by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) between 15 April 2023 and 31 January 2025 [1] and found over 700 violent events targeting civilians in the last three months of 2024 - much higher than any other quarter in the conflict.

There were 199 incidents of violence in December, 217 in November and 288 in October – including airstrikes, drone attacks, artillery shelling, armed clashes, child kidnappings, killings and sexual violence – which represent an upward trend from previous months, in a conflict that has been marked by extreme brutality, hunger and displacement.