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Recent reports indicate that Sudan is facing the risk of a famine that may be the most severe in recent decades, as armed conflict continues and prevents the arrival of necessary humanitarian aid.
A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Review Committee indicated the presence of famine in Zamzam camp in North Darfur, which is a serious indication of the deterioration of the situation, as warring factions obstruct the arrival of food and aid, making the situation more complex and dangerous.
Food was distributed in Omdurman to residents and displaced persons in an attempt to alleviate the severity of the crisis that has entered its second year, and according to “Newsweek”, about five million people are approaching the brink of famine due to the deterioration of the security and humanitarian conditions.
US officials confirmed that the famine is more dangerous than the famine that Somalia witnessed in 2011, where about 250,000 people were killed.
The Director of the US Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, described the situation as a man-made famine, stressing that the use of starvation as a weapon of war must stop to prevent a greater humanitarian catastrophe.
The UN reports that more than 25.6 million people are facing “crisis or worse” food insecurity, and about 755,000 people in 10 states are facing “catastrophic” conditions in Phase 5, the most severe stage of food insecurity.
There are also 8.5 million people suffering from emergency levels of food insecurity (Phase 4), while the most affected areas are internal camps, such as Zamzam camp in North Darfur, where famine has been officially confirmed and affects about 500,000 displaced people, and the states of Greater Darfur, Greater Kordofan, Al-Jazeera State, and parts of Khartoum.
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