Vetted by NeuralPress's Multi-Agent Verifier for strict factual validity and event relevance. Our compliance engine cross-checks and filters search results to ensure zero false correlations or misleading content.
Estimated Hunger Severity in Sudan
Comparison of people facing acute hunger between recent assessments.
Primary Sources
Almost 20 million people in Sudan still face acute hunger, monitors say
Item 1 of 3 Sudanese women from community kitchens run by local volunteers distribute meals for people who are affected by conflict and extreme hunger and are out of reach of international aid efforts, in Omdurman, Sudan, July 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mazin Alrasheed[1/3]Sudanese women from community kitchens run by local volunteers distribute meals for people who are affected by conflict and extreme hunger and are out of reach of international aid efforts, in... Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Read moreSummaryUN-backed IPC warns 14 areas at famine risk, 135,000 face catastrophic hungerDrone warfare and insecurity hinder aid and worsen civilian suffering825,000 children at risk of severe malnutrition, rainy season expected to worsen crisisCAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Some 19.5 million Sudanese people, or more than 40% of the population, are facing acute hunger, according to a report by a global hunger monitor, as the contours of a war that has created the world's worst hunger crisis shift.The spread of hunger and famine has become a hallmark of the three-year-old war in Sudan, which is estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of people as well as devastating the economy and agriculture and displacing 14 million. Sign up here.The estimate by the U.N.-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is slightly lower than last fall's estimate of 21.2 million people, but some 14 areas in the country's North Darfur, South Darfur, and South Kordofan states remain at risk of famine, where 135,000 people face "catastrophic" levels of hunger.Those areas include the cities of al-Fashir and Kadugli, judged last year to be experiencing famine largely as a result of sieges by the Rapid Support Forces. But in October, the RSF completed their takeover of al-Fashir, largely emptying the city, while this year the army broke the siege of Kadugli.Drone warfare has seemed to replace such ground campaigns as the leading mode of warfare in Sudan. Fighting rages on in the Kordofan region as well as Blue Nile state, with drones killing at least 880 civilians since January according to the U.N.'s human rights office. Drones have targeted civilian infrastructure including markets, hospitals, and power stations."Ongoing hostilities - especially around major supply routes, such as El Obeid in North Kordofan - and the possibility of renewed siege‑like conditions continue to heighten risks," the IPC said in a statement.Some 825,000 children are expected to ...
Acute hunger grips nearly 20 million people in war-battered Sudan, says IPC
Both a lack of access to food and health facilities will ultimately lead to death for many, warned the Norwegian Refugee Council.More than 40 percent of Sudan’s population is facing acute hunger, according to a report by a global hunger monitor, the three-year civil war having created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.Nearly 19.5 million Sudanese people are facing such dire circumstances, the United Nations-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4The crisis in Sudan is much worse than what is acknowledgedlist 2 of 4Why have peace efforts failed to end conflict in Sudan?list 3 of 4Fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile State displaces thousandslist 4 of 4No Exit From El Fasherend of listSudan’s three-year civil war, between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and its rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions in the country, has also begot tremendous levels of hunger and famine.The IPC report stated that 14 areas in the country’s North Darfur, South Darfur, and South Kordofan states remain at risk of famine, where 135,000 people face “catastrophic” levels of hunger.Those areas include the cities of el-Fasher and Kadugli, judged last year to be experiencing famine largely as a result of sieges by the RSF.But in October, the RSF completed their takeover of el-Fasher, largely emptying the city, while this year the army broke the siege of Kadugli.As a result of the hunger crisis, families have been forced into “very negative coping mechanisms”, said Grace Oongee, from the Norwegian Refugee Council.“We’ve had reports of families who’ve been forced to eat leaves, who’ve been forced to eat animal feed, even reports of families breaking into slaughterhouses that have been closed down just to get the skin of the animals to be able to eat and to survive,” Oonge told Al Jazeera, speaking from the city of Port Sudan.Both a lack of access to food and health facilities will ultimately lead to death for many, she warned.Some of the figures from the IPC report and others, she added, may not be a true representation of what is actually happening on the ground due to restrictions on access.“Ongoing hostilities – especially around major supply routes, such as El Obeid in North Kordofan – and the possibility of renewed siege-like conditions continue to heighten risks,” the IPC said in a statement.Some 825,000 ...
Almost 20 million people in Sudan still face acute hunger, monitors say
CAIRO: Some 19.5 million Sudanese people, or more than 40 percent of the population, are facing acute hunger, according to a report by a global hunger monitor, as the contours of a war that has created the world's worst hunger crisis shift. The spread of hunger and famine has become a hallmark of the three-year-old war in Sudan, which is estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of ...
Sudan: 20 million face acute food insecurity - Action Against Hunger
New data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warns that nearly 20 million people in Sudan face high levels of acute food insecurity. It is projected that, by 2026, 825,000 children under the age of five will suffer from severe acute malnutrition, a condition carrying a real risk of death.
