Three years into a war that has displaced millions and silenced classrooms across a vast nation, the UN Security Council turned its attention on August 7, 2026 to what observers are calling the world's largest education emergency — Sudan, where 12 million children no longer attend school and the institutions meant to carry a society forward have been bombed, occupied, or abandoned. Convened by Somalia with the DRC and Liberia as co-sponsors, the Arria-formula meeting marked the first time the council has examined education disruption within a specific ongoing conflict, acknowledging that when
UN Security Council to Focus on Sudan's Education Crisis Amid Conflict
Approximately 17.3 million children require humanitarian assistance; 12 million out of school; 4.2 million projected to experience acute malnutrition in 2026; at least 330 children killed or injured in first half of 2026 from drone and explosive weapon attacks.