Two and a half years into the conflict in Sudan, more than half the population needs humanitarian assistance and millions have been displaced, an unidentified speaker said.

The speaker said “more than half of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance, including 14,000,000 children,” and added that 10,000,000 Sudanese are displaced internally and 4,000,000 have fled to neighboring countries. The speaker also said “a staggering 1,400,000 children live in hot spots where a famine has either been declared or that are at risk of famine.”

The speaker described the disruption to education: “4 out of 5 children is out of school. Every single Sudanese child has been impacted by violence and is psychologically affected.” At the same time, the speaker said they had visited the greater Khartoum area and observed some returns and local efforts to reopen schools.

The speaker said community-built schools where UNICEF supplied school materials have reopened in parts of Khartoum, enabling “300 girls [to] have been able to go back to school,” the speaker said. The remarks credited UNICEF’s role in supporting supplies but did not specify funding sources, implementing partners or the locations of the schools beyond “greater Khartoum.”

The speaker did not provide a timetable for wider returns, detailed funding figures, or named government or donor approvals required for scaling assistance. No formal actions or decisions were recorded in the transcript extract provided.

The numbers cited highlight the scale of humanitarian need and the reported impact on children’s access to education and basic services. Further details on funding, agencies’ operational constraints and verification of the figures were not specified in the excerpt.