US EditionFamine is threatening more of war-torn Sudan’s Darfur region as an attack in the south kills 22
Acute malnutrition surpasses famine thresholds in Um Baru and Kernoi, with 53% of children affected in one town, amid conflict-driven displacement and aid blockades, IPC reports.
- Sudan's war has caused mass killings, famine, and the deliberate blocking of aid, with 24.6 million people suffering acute hunger and 2 million facing famine or the risk of famine.
- More than 11.8 million people have been displaced, including 7.4 million inside Sudan and 4.2 million who have fled to neighboring countries.
- The UN reported that the Rapid Support Forces and allied forces used starvation as a method of warfare, a war crime, and at least 330 cases of conflict-related sexual violence have been documented, primarily against women and girls.
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Famine threatens more of war-torn Sudan's Darfur region as hospital attack kills 22
Famine is threatening more areas in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region, a global hunger monitoring group said Thursday as an attack by paramilitary forces on a military hospital in the country's south killed 22 people, including the hospital's director and three members of its medical staff.
Save the Children Deutschland e.V. [Newsroom]Berlin/Port Sudan (ots) - - In Um Baru almost 53 per cent of children are acutely malnourished, in Kernoi about 34 per cent - families sell their entire property to feed themselves - Save the Children demands protection of the civilian population and ... Continue reading here...Original content of: Save the Children Deutschland e.V., transmitted by news aktuell
The United Nations and relief agencies classify the situation in other Sudanese places as famine. More and more children under the age of five are undernourished.
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