International food security organization: Sudan needs urgent measures to fight hunger
The United Nations-backed World Food Security Organization (IPC) warned on Friday of the need for urgent action "to prevent rising deaths, complete collapse of livelihoods and avert a famine in Sudan."
The IPC said it had reviewed the latest evidence and issued a warning yesterday to "express its grave concern" about the worsening situation in Sudan and to call for urgent action to "prevent famine".
The IPC report said: "Without an immediate cessation of hostilities and the deployment of large-scale humanitarian aid, residents of Khartoum, Gezira, Greater Darfur, and Central Kordofan State are at risk of reaching the worst levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in next summer, which will start in April 2024.”
This assessment was scheduled to be released last December, and concluded that nearly 5 million people are suffering from severe malnutrition, including 3.6 million children under the age of five, and 1.2 million pregnant and lactating women.
The United Nations Security Council this month called for an immediate end to the civil conflict in Sudan.
In addition, the United Nations has asked the conflicting parties in Sudan to lay down their weapons and protect the citizens, especially during this fasting period of the holy month of Ramadhan.
UN figures show that the fighting between the country's army led by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) led by Commander Hamdan Dagalo has killed nearly 14,000 people so far, and led millions of others to become internally displaced and outside Sudan with 25 million people in need of emergency aid.
