Sudan named most neglected crisis of 2025, poll shows

The humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Sudan, unleashing horrific violence on children and uprooting nearly a quarter of the population, is the world’s most neglected crisis of 2025, according to a poll of aid agencies. Some 30 million Sudanese people – roughly equivalent to Australia’s population - need assistance, but experts warn that warehouses are nearly empty, aid operations face collapse and two cities have tipped into famine. “The Sudan crisis should be front page news every single day,” said Save the Children humanitarian director Abdurahman Sharif.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. “Children are living a nightmare in plain sight, yet the world continues to shamefully look away.” Sudan was named by a third of respondents in a Thomson Reuters Foundation crisis poll of 22 leading aid organizations. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), widely considered the deadliest