The vastly deteriorating situation in Sudan saw the country rise from ninth least peaceful in 2023 to second least peaceful in 2024. The US State Department and FCDO currently advise against all travel due to ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the latter of which massacred up to 15,000 in West Darfur in 2023.

The biggest risks to civilians include terrorism, street crime, kidnapping and unrest, with more than 30 million people – half of them children – in need of humanitarian assistance. UNICEF calls the conflict "the world's largest humanitarian and child displacement crisis".

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