Sudan is weeks away from a catastrophic hunger crisis

[Augusta]

Sudan might just be weeks away from a catastrophic hunger crisisas warned by the aid workers because community volunteers are struggling now to feed the hungry because of security restrictions and armed violence.

There have been war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces which started during the final days of Ramadan last year. It has since escalated to other parts of the country.,

This has hindered security response efforts to deliver aid which has made local volunteers to get arrested and it brings more harassment by warring parties.

So with this the country is exposed to the possibility of famine because of the level of bureaucratic restrictions for a while now

 

[Starmix]

The world of humanity suffers extremely. If there's rain they better plant crops to survive. They may plant corn or root crops. They should not let hunger to strike.

 

[Webster]

WHO: World Ignores Catastrophic Humanitarian Situation in Sudan

Sudan’s conflict is having catastrophic humanitarian consequences for the population of nearly 49 million — more than half of whom need life-saving humanitarian assistance

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GENEVA — April marks the one-year anniversary of the war in Sudan, sparked by a power struggle between two rival generals. Aid organizations say the war is having catastrophic consequences for the population of nearly 49 million people — more than half of whom need life-saving humanitarian assistance.

Since the conflict began April 15, 2023, tens of thousands of people have been killed and injured, millions have been forcibly uprooted from their homes and among the 18 million people suffering from acute hunger, 5 million are on the brink of famine, according to the World Food Program.

“And yet this catastrophic humanitarian situation in Sudan today hardly receives the international attention that it warrants,” said Dr. Richard Brennan, the regional emergency director for the World Health Organization’s regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Cairo-based Brennan, who went on his first mission to an emergency country early last week since assuming his post just over a month ago, noted that he has visited Sudan multiple times over the past 25 years and seen the country through many crises — such as floods, displacement, conflict and political turmoil.

Nevertheless, Brennan said he was taken aback by “the devastation that decades of fragility, and nearly a year of brutal war, have wreaked on the country.”

“In fact, I was just reading the report from my 2014 mission which described a desperate situation with over 6.1 million in need of humanitarian assistance. It is extraordinary to reflect that today over 24.8 million people are in need — four times what we observed 10 years ago,” he said, adding that the health needs are massive.

“We estimate that almost 14,000 have been killed and 28,000 injured; there are ongoing outbreaks of cholera, measles, dengue fever, and malaria; around 3.4 million children are acutely malnourished; and 70 percent of health facilities in conflict-affected areas are non-functional or only partially functional,” he said.

 

[Augusta]

i hope other countries can come in to help humanity. it should not always be about one country so that the world will be a better place