{"id":15792,"date":"2024-07-27T09:58:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T09:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aopdj.org\/?page_id=15792"},"modified":"2024-08-05T11:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T11:23:01","slug":"the-specter-of-famine-threatens-the-sudanese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aopdj.org\/?page_id=15792","title":{"rendered":"The Specter of Famine Threatens the Sudanese"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Five million Sudanese face hunger in the coming months<\/strong>

About five million Sudanese face hunger in the coming months in different parts of the war-torn country,
according to warnings by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths.
In a memorandum to the UN Security Council, seen by Reuters, Griffiths pointed to catastrophic levels of hunger resulting from the effects of the raging conflict in the country, whether on its livelihoods or agricultural production, in addition to the destruction of its basic infrastructure.
The UN official also noted the disruption of trade flows in Sudan caused by the war, the crazy rise in prices, the obstruction of aid access, and large waves of displacement.
Griffiths said in the memorandum: “Without urgent humanitarian assistance and access to basic commodities… about five million Sudanese will slide into a catastrophic level of food insecurity in many parts of Sudan in the coming months.”
Griffiths warned of the possibility that many residents of West and Central Darfur could slide into these levels of hunger in light of the deteriorating security situation and the beginning of the dry season.

The UN official pointed out in his memorandum that cross-border aid from Chad to Darfur is a “vital lifeline.”

Griffiths pointed out that about 730,000 children across Sudan, including more than 240,000 in Darfur, are facing severe malnutrition.

Griffiths said: “Indeed, we have observed unprecedented rates of severe malnutrition in accessible areas.”

”\u00a0The largest hunger crisis in the world<\/strong>\u00a0“

The United Nations World Food Program warned that the war in Sudan threatens to lead to “the largest hunger crisis in the world.”

The war broke out in Sudan in mid-April last year, between the Sudanese army on the one hand and the Rapid Support Forces on the other.

The United Nations says that about 25 million people – half of the Sudanese population – are in need of aid, and that about eight million people have been displaced from their homes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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