About 25 million people in Sudan are faced with acute hunger. This was stated by the emergency coordinator in the Sudan of the World Food Program (VPP) of the UN Samantha Chattaraj.
Chattaraj noted that this is almost half of the country’s population.
“about 25 million people throughout the country, which is half its population, faces acute hunger. About 5 million children and nursing mothers suffer from acute malnutrition. In addition, Sudan is the only place in the world where hunger has been officially confirmed,” he said during the weekly briefing at the UN Geneva office.
According to her, the runway over the last period made a number of efforts in order to prevent aggravation of the situation. In March alone, the organization helped 4 million people throughout Sudan, which is four times higher than the amount of assistance for the past year.
The conflict between the army and the quick response forces (SBR) in Sudan, lasting from April 15, 2023, entered his third year.
The conflict, which, according to the UN, caused the world’s largest crisis of the population, led to serious destruction of infrastructure, health, education and economics of the country.
Due to the conflict, more than 11 million people became internally displaced faces, and about 4 million people crossed the border with neighboring countries.
The Sudanese army established control over most of the capital of Hartum after 23 months, while the SBR sent their forces to the Western region of Darfur, most of which they hold.
SBR, which controls 4 out of 5 provinces of Darfur, has been besieging El Fashir, the administrative center of the Northern Darfur, the last province that have not been controlled by him for about a year. The army and allied forces continue to defend the city.