15 April 2025 marked the second anniversary of the start of the current civil war in Sudan.

Today almost nine million people are living in or on the brink of famine. More than 12.7 million people — nearly one-third of the population — have been forced to flee their homes, 3.7 million of them to neighbouring countries. These include South Sudan and Chad, where the humanitarian needs were already dire due to ongoing conflict, food insecurity and climate shocks, leaving them ill-equipped to manage the influx of refugees from Sudan.

In the video below SBS World News presenter Janice Petersen speaks with Mathilde Vu from the Advocacy Manager for the Norwegian Refugee Council, about what’s been described as the ‘largest humanitarian crisis in the world’.