Tuesday, September 29, 2026
• UNHCR warned in a new report issued today that the funding crisis could leave 8.3 million refugees and displaced people worldwide without assistance this year, after receiving only 32% of its needs of $8.505 billion as of July, with a deficit reaching $5.789 billion. In Chad — where most Sudanese fled — 319,000 refugees face delays in registration, and 200,000 women and girls could lose safe havens and protection programmes, while 140,000 refugees and asylum seekers in Sudan remained unregistered as of mid-year after registration activities stopped for five months. (Source: Reuters — September 29)
• UNHCR with 123 partners today launched the 2026 Regional Refugee Response Plan for the Sudan crisis (RRRP) with an appeal of $1.6 billion to support 5.9 million people in seven neighbouring countries — Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Libya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic — with priority for about 470,000 new arrivals expected to arrive this year. (Source: UNHCR via The Eastleigh Voice — September 29)
• A Sudanese initiative abroad: Digital creator Abdulrahman Awadallah launched the "Sudanese AI Community" to connect Sudanese developers, engineers, researchers and entrepreneurs around the world, and the "Athar" initiative to document individual humanitarian initiatives and honour impact-makers through digital stories — a model for investing diaspora energies in serving the community. (Source: The Point News — September 28)
— Editorial Team