Port Sudan, Sudan ¨C Famine is spreading in Sudan¡¯s western Darfur region, U.N.-backed experts warned on Thursday, as a grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid.
Since April 2023, the conflict between Sudan¡¯s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, displaced 11 million and triggered what the United Nations calls one of the world¡¯s worst humanitarian crises.
In an alert issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), global food security experts said that ¡°famine thresholds for acute malnutrition have now been surpassed¡± in North Darfur¡¯s contested areas of Um Baru and Kernoi, near the border with Chad.
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