Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council

Eleven months of brutal fighting is driving a hunger crisis in Sudan, with some areas likely to experience catastrophic levels of food insecurity by the lean season in May, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.

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Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council

‘Hunger catastrophe’ looming in war-ravaged Sudan, UN agency warns

13 Dec 2023

Civilians in Sudan – where rival militaries are waging a bloody war, with devastating consequences – are at a high risk of falling into catastrophic levels of hunger by May next year, the UN emergency food relief agency warned on Wednesday.

South Sudan bracing for ‘worst hunger crisis ever’

11 Mar 2022

More than 70 percent of South Sudan’s population will struggle to survive the peak of the annual ‘lean season’ this year, as the country grapples with unprecedented levels of food insecurity caused by conflict, climate shocks, COVID-19, and rising costs, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday.

Violence in Sudan likely to spark record levels of hunger

10 May 2023

The grim prospect of record hunger levels in Sudan is becoming more likely by the day, as heavy fighting continues, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.