Sudan Crisis 2023–
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Context of the Activation A civil war between two major rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), began on 15 April 2023. At least 61,000 people have been killed in Khartoum State alone and over 7.7 million have been internally displaced and more than 2.1 million others have fled the country as refugees. On 1 August 2024, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC) concluded famine conditions in parts of North Darfur. Later that month, Médecins Sans Frontières said that "international humanitarian organizations and donors" had failed to address "the country’s escalating medical needs, from catastrophic child malnutrition to widespread disease outbreaks." A report published at the end of 2024 with predictions for 2025 states that 30.4 million people in Sudan are in need of humanitarian aid. See more info here: Sudanese civil war Wiki and here Humanitarian impact of the civil war Wiki. Information about H2H support package: https://h2hnetwork.org/h2hsupport-package-conflict-sudan/ Most of the coordinated OSM mapping efforts are within Sudan, but several projects have focused on mapping refugee camps in Chad and are included below. | ||||||||||||||
Sudan Crisis 2023–
Contacts
- Jessie Pechmann (HOT)
- Jorieke Vyncke (MSF)
- Rebecca Chandiru (Open Mapping Hub Eastern and Southern Africa)
- Hassan Arara (OSM Sudan)
Hashtags
Due to the long duration of this conflict and mapping efforts by multiple entities in Sudan several tracking tags have been used differently across varied projects:
#sudanroads
#WestDarfur2023
#2023sudanconflict (stats)
#tawiladistrict & #tawila
#darfur
#H2HMappingforSudan2024
For the Chad projects the following hashtags have been used - most are names of locations with refugee camps:
#mile #touloum #iridimi #dougui #koukouangarana #Djokoro #DaguessaCamp #AnderessaCamp #adrefeb24 #andrecamp #OurangCamp #GozAchies #mechécamp
Timeline
- Start: 28 April 2023
- End: Unclear, 2025 onwards
Map and Data Services
Accessing OpenStreetMap data
OpenStreetMap data can be downloaded from HDX. Scroll through this filtered HDX list to access OSM data for Sudan.
About This Disaster Activation
History of this Activation
- 28 April 2023: First Tasking Manager project published by MSF
- 23 June 2023: First Tasking Manager project published under the Missing Maps banner
- 18 December 2024: First Tasking Manager project published by Open Mapping Hub Eastern and Southern Africa
- 20 December 2024: First Tasking Manager project published by OSM Sudan
- 9 January 2025: This Wiki page created to improve coordination between organizations mapping in Sudan
Validation
Validation permissions for Tasking Manager projects are restricted to particular Tasking Manager Teams / users to ensure high quality validation. Visit each project page and scroll down to the permissions section to check on access.
For Mappers
How You Can Contribute
MapSwipe
Go to https://web.mapswipe.org/#/en and look for a Sudan project. This is a very easy way to contribute, but please follow the tutorial if you have not used MapSwipe before.
Learn to Map
Most of the volunteer needs are for remote OSM contributors, visit LearnOSM.org to get started.
Mapping Priority
- Please choose from highest priority first.
- We call for local mappers to prioritize local knowledge on the area.
HOT Tasking Manager
HOT Tasking Manager projects and their progress can be seen here. For any projects that are marked 'Published', select the link in the Project ID column and it will launch the project and you will be able to contribute.
See this uMap for the extent of all Tasking Manager projects under this campaign. Click on a project extent to see more information about it.
Check Disaster Ninja to see all Tasking Manager projects in and around Sudan including projects created before this campaign.
Mapping Instructions
- For mapping buildings see here
- For mapping building damage see here
- For mapping roads and residential areas see here.