Sudan's Blue Nile becomes deadly new battleground as displaced families face starvation and disease

Over 30,000 civilians displaced to overcrowded camps since January; 11,000+ fled Kurmuk alone; children dying from untreated malaria and malnutrition; 150,000+ total displaced across Blue Nile since April 2023.

In Sudan's Blue Nile state, a war that has already consumed years and countless lives has found a new center of gravity, pulling tens of thousands of civilians into displacement camps where survival itself has become the daily labor. The region's strategic position — bordering Ethiopia and South Sudan, adjacent to the army's hard-won gains in Khartoum — has made it a prize worth terrible violence, with at least 450 killed in the first quarter of 2024 alone. Families like Awatif Awad's, who walked three days through darkness to reach safety, now find themselves in camps that were never built fo

Sudan's Blue Nile becomes deadly new battleground as displaced families face starvation and disease

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