US EditionSudan once again tops International Rescue Committee crises watchlist
Sudan faces its third year as the top humanitarian crisis with 12 million displaced and half a billion people in extreme poverty globally, warns the International Rescue Committee.
- In London, United Kingdom on December 15, 2025, the International Rescue Committee published its Emergency Watchlist naming Sudan first for the third consecutive year among 20 countries.
- The IRC warns of a 'New World Disorder', where conflicts are used for profit and aid collapses as global humanitarian funding falls by around 50% year‑on‑year.
- Globally, 117 million people are forcibly displaced and nearly 40 million face severe hunger, while the 20 Watchlist countries host just 12% of the population but 89% of those in need; the International Rescue Committee works in over 40 countries and 28 U.S. cities.
- In Sudan, fighting since April 2023 has forced around 12 million displaced people and exposed millions to violence, while sieges cut cities off from aid amid RSF and SAF clashes.
- The International Rescue Committee called on the UK government to open humanitarian access, increase flexible funding, push diplomacy, expand safe routes, and uphold asylum rights amid rising crises in six of the top 10 Watchlist countries .
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The country is ranked third in a row as the top of the International Rescue Committee's list, which includes some 20 countries.
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Sudan tops global humanitarian crisis watchlist for third year as devastating war grips the country
Sudan has topped the International Rescue Committee's Emergency Watchlist for the third year in a row. The list, released Tuesday, highlights global humanitarian crises.
The International Rescue Committee has published a ranking of countries in which the humanitarian situation threatens to deteriorate next year. According to the IRC, Sudan is the third consecutive leader, followed by the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and South Sudan.
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