More than 2,300 displaced people reach North Darfur’s Tawila as hunger worsens

September 19, 2026 (TAWILA) – More than 2,300 newly displaced people have fled to Tawila in Sudan’s North Darfur state since early September, an aid coordination group said on Saturday, as spreading conflict and severe food shortages drive civilians from their homes.

The General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees in Darfur said 48 families, totalling 178 people, arrived in Tawila on Saturday alone. That raised the count of new arrivals this month to 402 families, or 2,305 people, the majority of them women and children.

Tawila, already hosting thousands of uprooted civilians, is struggling to absorb the new influx. Overstretched transit centres and temporary camps face critical shortages of basic supplies, aid officials said.

Adam Rojal, spokesperson for the displaced persons coordination group, said the arrivals were fleeing compounded crises of fighting, drought, poverty, and rising food costs.

“Families are enduring harsh conditions, with acute shortages of food, safe drinking water, emergency shelter, and essential healthcare,” Rojal said, warning that women, children, and elderly people face the greatest risks.

The group appealed to international donors and United Nations agencies for urgent deliveries of life-saving food, medical aid, and clean water, as well as psychosocial support services for traumatised survivors.

Earlier this month, local authorities in areas controlled by the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) warned that swathes of North and Central Darfur, including Tawila, were sliding into catastrophic famine as malnutrition and hunger-related deaths climb.