Sudan, UN and famine

UN agencies urge humanitarian action in Sudan amid spreading famine
The agencies warned that more than half of Sudan’s population – some 24.6 million people – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity.
Sudan 2024: Worsening humanitarian crisis, famine and foreign interference
Despite international mediation efforts, Sudan's civil war has continued throughout 2024, deepening the humanitarian crisis.
War-torn Sudan faces 'widening' famine crisis: UN
Famine has spread across war-torn Sudan and is projected to expand even further, a UN-backed assessment said on Tuesday, with refugee camps and
UN chief alarmed by spreading famine crisis in Sudan
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by the rapidly worsening food security situation in Sudan and calls for the parties to facilitate access to humanitarian assistance, his spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.
Famine Spreads in Sudan as Warring Parties Willfully Obstruct Aid
The world’s leading experts on hunger, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee, found that famine has spread in Sudan.
Sudan's war is 'deepening and widening' a famine crisis, hunger monitoring report says
Sudan has been roiled by a war since April 2023 which has killed more than than 24,000 people and driven over 14 million people from their homes.
War in Sudan Is 'Deepening' Country's Famine Crisis: Report
According to the U.N. nearly 14 million people have been displaced and more than 24,000 people have been killed in Sudan's war.
Famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan, according to UN-backed report
Famine is spreading in Sudan due to a war between the military and a notorious paramilitary group that has devastated the country and created the world’s largest displacement crisis, a global hunger monitoring group said.
Sudan's civil war fuels world's biggest humanitarian crisis — with worse still to come
After 20 months of civil war, Sudan is suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Things are going to get much worse ...
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UN chief 'alarmed' about worsening food security in Sudan
The latest report by the IPC’s Famine Review Committee indicates that famine conditions are present in at least five ...
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Over eight million in Sudan on brink of famine, says UN-backed analysis
Save the Children says the international community could have prevented the catastrophe, as half Sudan's population now faces ...
More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan's al-Fashir, UN rights chief says
More than 700 people have been killed in al-Fashir in Sudan's North Darfur state since May, the U.N. human rights chief said ...
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Sudan’s Burhan urges UN to stop flow of arms into Darfur
Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Monday called on the United Nations (UN) to ...
Blinken announces aid for Sudan and talks about AI risks at UN Security Council
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make what's likely his final trip in office to the United Nations this week.
BBC reveals fighters accused of massacre in Sudan
The BBC has confirmed that at least 80 people died in the October attack on al-Seriha in Gezira state, with the UN reporting ...
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Sudan: Top UN official condemns attack on WPF compound
The Acting United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Sheldon Yett has condemned Thursday’s bombardment ...