While the world's eyes are glued to the headlines in Europe and the Middle East, a "crisis of staggering proportions" is unfolding in Sudan. In 2025, Sudan has officially become home to the largest displacement crisis on Earth. In a harrowing new report from Unreported World, veteran journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy gains rare, dangerous access to the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan—a region where a million people are currently standing on the edge of a famine that the world is choosing to ignore.
1. The Numbers of a Nightmare
The statistics coming out of Sudan in 2025 are difficult to comprehend. The brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has ripped the country apart.
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11.3 Million Displaced: More people have been forced from their homes in Sudan than in any other conflict globally.
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30 Million in Need: Over half the population now requires urgent humanitarian assistance just to stay alive.
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The Famine Threshold: Famine has been formally declared in parts of the country, specifically targeting the most vulnerable in the Nuba Mountains and North Darfur.
2. The Nurse of the Nuba: Nafisa Abdulrahim
Guru-Murthy’s investigation centers on Nafisa Abdulrahim, a nurse who has become a lone beacon of hope for over 5,000 displaced people. Operating with almost zero supplies, Nafisa’s daily reality is a catalogue of human suffering.
Through her eyes, we see the true face of the Sudan Famine 2025: hungry children lining up for hours, skeletal old men dying in isolation, and a community forced into "survival scavenging." When aid is blocked and the world turns its back, people are left with no choice but to eat leaves, insects, and even rats just to stop their stomachs from cramping.
3. War Crimes and the Weaponization of Rape
The report doesn't just document hunger; it documents atrocities. The Nuba Mountains have become a refuge for those fleeing "systemic ethnic cleansing" by the RSF.
"I saw seven Nuba men killed in cold blood by soldiers."
This testimony is just one of many. Survivors speak of a deliberate campaign of sexual violence and executions used as weapons of war. The UN has received reports of mass rapes and the targeted killing of non-Arab ethnic groups, adding to the mounting evidence of war crimes being committed with total impunity.
4. Why is the World Silent?
The "Global Silence" on Sudan is perhaps the most devastating part of the crisis. While the Rapid Support Forces tighten their grip on western and central regions, aid convoys are being blocked, warehouses looted, and local aid workers murdered.
As Guru-Murthy highlights, this isn't just a natural disaster; it is a man-made extermination. The intentional destruction of the agricultural season and the siege of cities like Kadugli mean that for the people of the Nuba Mountains, time is running out.
The Bottom Line
Sudan in 2025 is a warning to the world. It is what happens when a nation is left to burn in a vacuum of international neglect. The people of the Nuba Mountains don't need our "thoughts and prayers"—they need unfettered humanitarian access and an immediate end to the cycle of impunity.
