Malnutrition Crisis Deepens for Sudan’s Children as War Rages On
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The United Nations Children's Fund warns: In Darfur, the number of malnourished children is rising rapidly. Cholera outbreaks and the breakdown of the health system are further exacerbating the situation.
UNICEF SOUNDS FAMINE ALARM IN SUDAN
Sat 12 July 2025: UNICEF reported a 46 per cent increase in the number of children treated for severe acute malnutrition across Sudan’s five Darfur states between January and May 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. In North Darfur, more than 40,000 children were treated in the first five months of the year, […]

Malnutrition crisis deepens for Sudan’s children as war rages on
Sudan’s brutal civil war is pushing more children towards the brink of starvation, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Friday, highlighting a sharp and alarming rise in severe acute malnutrition (SAM) cases across the country.
United Nations, Jul 11 (Latin Press) The number of children treated for severe acute malnutrition in Darfur, Sudan, increased by 46 percent between January and May of this year, compared to the same period in 2024, alerted today Unicef. The post Unicef alerts about severe acute malnutrition of Sudanese children first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
The number of severely malnourished children in Sudan's North Darfur state, where civil war continues to rage, has doubled in a year, the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) said today. The war, which broke out in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people across the country and displaced more than 14 million.
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