6 hours ago“Uri, despair and misery”, UN warns of humanitarian disaster in Sudan
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)The World Food Programme has warned that some areas south of the Sudanese capital, Khartum, are at risk of massive hunger, stressing that needs on the ground are exceeding available resources due to lack of funding. “The rate of hunger, despair and misery is severe and confirms the real risk of hunger in them [...]
“The Scall of hunger, despair and misery is severe and confirms the real risk of hunger in those areas,” has said Laurent Bukera, the Programme Director in Sudan, during a media conference, Reuters reports.
We remember that since April 2023, Sudan has plunged into a bloody civil conflict between the Sudanese army (SAF) and the paramilitary group known as the Fast Support Forces (RSF). This conflict has so far displaced millions of people, destroyed the aid supply network and caused collapses in the country's health and economic infrastructure.
The UN has warned that if the situation does not change quickly, millions of people in Sudan may face hunger of catastrophic proportions in the coming months. /Periscopi
