The ongoing war in Sudan—sparked in April 2023 by violent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces—has produced one of the world’s most complex, protracted, and under-addressed humanitarian emergencies. The country faces widespread displacement, severe and acute food insecurity, institutional fragmentation, and the collapse of essential infrastructure. The need for coordinated, evidence-based, and scalable responses has become increasingly urgent.
Researchers, humanitarian leaders, academics, and Sudanese experts convened at an October 22 IFPRI policy seminar to shed light on the critical roles of data, evidence, and innovation in addressing the country’s multifaceted challenges. The event was the latest in IFPRI’s Fragility to Stability Policy Seminar Series, co-organized by the CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security.