Joint Protection / Site Management Clusters Alert – Blue Nile State, Sudan – 25 April 2026

Country: Sudan Sources: CCCM Cluster, Protection Cluster Please refer to the attached file. This joint Protection and SNFI–Site Management Clusters alert is issued to urgently highlight the worsening protection situation in Blue Nile State and to spur immediate, coordinated action to protect civilians and prevent further deterioration. It follows a joint mission to Ed Damazine and Ar Rusayris localities and is published amid renewed fighting reported on 25 April in areas south of Damazine, including Sali and Keili village. The intensification of hostilities is increasing displacement risks and compounding existing protection threats, at a critical time as the onset of the rainy season threatens to further expose IDPs, returnees, and host communities to harm. The protection situation in Blue Nile has deteriorated sharply since late March 2026 following intensified hostilities, large-scale displacement, and severe gaps in site conditions and basic services. Joint assessments and mission findings confirm that overcrowded and unsafe displacement sites, weak shelter conditions, inadequate water and sanitation, and limited site-level coordination are directly exposing women, children, IDPs, returnees, and other vulnerable groups to serious protection risks that are likely to worsen rapidly with the onset of the rainy season. Immediate, protection-centred and life-saving action is required to prevent further harm, particularly in high-risk IDP gathering sites and among returnees both within and outside sites. Without urgent mitigation, current conditions risk escalating into severe protection and public health emergency

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