The most recent information from the Integrated Classification Index confirms catastrophic conditions, with 14 regions in the country declared at risk of famine in the coming months.
Nearly 14 million people faced acute hunger before the conflict began in April 2023, however, the number is currently estimated at 26 million Sudanese.
The World Food Program (WFP) announced a race to save more lives and identified innovative and effective ways to provide immediate assistance to millions across Sudan, especially in hard-to-reach areas.
Extreme food shortages threaten northern Darfur in particular. The population of the area faces conditions of famine or Phase Five of the Integrated Classification Index. This means that at least one in five individuals or families suffer from extreme food shortages and face starvation and impoverishment, resulting in extremely critical levels of acute malnutrition and death.
The Programme called on the international community to urgently intensify diplomatic efforts to achieve an immediate ceasefire to allow access to supplies, as well as aid agencies to provide services on a large scale. “The situation demands the avoidance of widespread famine that could cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people,” the agency said, stressing that “Durable peace is the only sustainable solution to address rapidly increasing levels of hunger, displacement, and destruction.”
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