HIGHLIGHTS

• The number of people displaced by conflict since mid-April inside and outside of Sudan has reached 7.76 million - IOM.

• Conflict in Sudan continues to fuel cross-border displacement and forced immobility, according to the Mixed Migration Centre.

• Food assistance needs are rapidly accelerating due to the recent expansion in fighting between the SAF and RSF into the southeast of the country – FEWS NET.

• About one in every 11 health facilities run by humanitarian agencies is not functioning - WHO.

• The desert locust situation has deteriorated since mid-2023, FAO reported.

• The 2024 Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan appeal is 3.5 per cent funded as of 12 February 2024.