Civilians in Sudan endured ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) resulting in famine, healthcare system collapse and an immense humanitarian crisis with an insufficient international response. In North Darfur, fighting in El Fasher, the SAF’s last major stronghold in the region, led to waves of starving people fleeing to displacement camps in Tawila. MSF teams provided emergency medical care for people depleted and often injured by direct attacks, including children. From Oct. 27 to Nov. 3, after the RSF overtook El Fasher, teams found that 70% of children under five arriving in Tawila were acutely malnourished. Across Sudan MSF saw children’s nutrition status deteriorate because of inadequate food, disease, insecurity and lack of livelihoods. Countrywide, MSF admitted more than 35,000 children to outpatient feeding programs and provided inpatient care to more than 15,000 malnourished children under five. Additionally, teams provided more than 250,000 emergency consultations, treated 10,800 patients after physical violence and 4,300 survivors of sexual violence.

$10.9 million of Canadian support went to MSF’s work in Sudan in 2025.