The New York Times published on 27 October 2023 an article titled "Students on the Run, Schools Taken by Troops and a Generation's Catastrophe" by Abdi Latif Dahir.
Schools in Sudan have been closed since war broke out six months ago. An estimated 19 million children are out of school putting Sudan on the verge of becoming the worst education crisis in the world. At least 171 schools have become emergency shelters for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Sudan is now the location of the world's largest IDP crisis.