Famine spreading in Sudan’s Darfur, U.N.-backed experts warn

Famine spreading in Sudan’s Darfur, UN-backed experts warn

Famine is spreading in Sudan's western Darfur region, UN-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.…

UN warns child malnutrition reached alarming levels in Sudan

The UN raised concerns on Thursday about catastrophic levels of child malnutrition in Sudan’s North Darfur and Greater Kordofan due to ongoing armed conflict, warning of a looming famine crisis across the country if immediate action is not implemented. Based on a study conducted by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global food security monitoring system, acute malnutrition exceeded critical thresholds in two areas of Nor…

Famine spreads across Darfur as Sudan war tightens its grip

Famine is tightening its hold on Sudan’s war-battered western Darfur, U.N.-backed food security experts warned Thursday, as a nearly three-year conflict...

Famine spreading in Sudan’s Darfur, U.N.-backed experts warn

A grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid.

RSF siege of Sudanese city leaves overwhelming suffering

A U.N.-backed global hunger watchdog warned Thursday that famine is spreading to more parts of Darfur in western Sudan. The U.N. says the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has driven 14 million people from their homes and killed an estimated 40,000. Nick Schifrin and producer Zeba Warsi spoke to civilians trapped in the epicenter of the nearly 3-year-old civil war.

Sudanese army finds overwhelming suffering after breaking RSF siege of embattled city

A U.N.-backed global hunger watchdog warned Thursday that famine is spreading to more parts of Darfur in western Sudan. The U.N. says the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has driven 14 million people from their homes and killed an estimated 40,000. Nick Schifrin and producer Zeba Warsi spoke to civilians trapped in the epicenter of the nearly 3-year-old civil war.