IOM Warns Sudan's Common Humanitarian Pipeline Could Collapse Within Weeks Without New Funding

The International Organization for Migration warned on September 14, 2026 that Sudan's Common Humanitarian Pipeline — the shared logistics system supplying shelter, sanitation, and household relief items — risks total collapse within weeks without emergency donor funding. IOM Director General Amy Pope said 'the entire humanitarian system could collapse within weeks if we don't act now. Without new funding, we won't be able to get help where it's needed most,' adding 'we simply can't turn our back on the people of Sudan when they need us most amid raging conflict, increased displacement and the impact of heavy rain.' IOM said current shelter and relief supplies are projected to run out by the end of September, with warehousing capacity sustainable only through December without new money. The agency needs $15 million to maintain 2026's reduced capacity (305,000 people) for 12 months, $27 million to restore 2025-level assistance (570,000 people), or $42 million to return to 2024 levels (up to 1 million people); IOM has assisted 2.84 million people since July 2023 but annual reach has fallen from over 1 million in 2024 to 804,000 in 2025 and just 330,000 so far in 2026. WFP acting head Carl Skau separately said the agency's core problem 'is funding,' with WFP's 2026 Sudan funding of $206 million running roughly a third below 2025's $645 million against 8.6 million internally displaced and 19.5 million people facing acute hunger.