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Save the Children warned on Wednesday of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan, where some 230,000 children and women who are pregnant or have just given birth are at risk of starvation.
The country has been plagued by an ongoing war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for almost a year, leaving thousands dead and 8 million displaced, according to UN estimates.
The NGO noted that more than 2.9 million children are malnourished, while 729,000 children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition, the most serious form of hunger.
She warned that the ongoing war in Sudan could lead to the world’s largest hunger crisis, with worsening humanitarian conditions, increasing displacements and destruction of infrastructure.
Arif Nour, director of local “Save the Children’, noted that the long-term consequences of this crisis could be catastrophic, as the government is unable to provide food to citizens, increasing the risk of famine worsening in the near future.
As the situation worsens, more than half of Sudan’s population, including 14 million children, is in dire need of humanitarian assistance to survive, according to UN estimates.
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