The situation with food security in Sudan is rapidly deteriorating, the country has faced the most serious difficulties in this area over the past 20 years. This was stated by the press secretary of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian issues (VSGV) Vanessa Ugenin.
“more than 60 thousand people fled due to clashes in the Sinja area in Sinnar in the southeast of Sudan and the lack of security in the regions of Abu Hajar and Dali,” said Ugenin.
According to her, due to clashes between Sudanese armed forces and the quick response forces (SBR) in the Sinja area, most of the inhabitants of the region went east, to the state of Gedaref.
Uzhened noted that in connection with the ongoing worsening, the situation throughout Sudan “Women, children and entire families were forced to run, leaving everything behind”
Sudan is faced with “the most serious problem of the lack of food security over the past 20 years,” she added.
Armed conflict in Sudan
The armed confrontation between the army of Sudan and the SBR began on April 15 last year. The reason for the clashes was the issue of integration of the SBR into the structure of the army.
The fighting that began in the capital soon covered other units of the country. The Sudan government called on the international community to declare the SBR “terrorist grouping”.
The bloodshed does not stop contrary to agreements on the ceasefire and international pressure on the conflicting parties.
According to the UN, the world’s largest crisis of population movement and hunger is observed in Sudan. As a result of the armed conflict, more than 16 thousand people were killed, about 8.7 million people were forced to leave their homes and more than 25 million people need humanitarian assistance.