In Sudan, where hunger and displacement are out of control due to the ongoing armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Response Forces (RSF), the UN has issued a warning that millions of people are on the verge of famine.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued the warning, stating that 6.3 million people in Sudan, or roughly 13 percent of the population, are now just one step away from famine due to a new escalation of an already dire humanitarian situation.
More than 20 million people, according to the UN Agency for humanitarian assistance, are suffering from severe food insecurity as a result of the conflict, the global economic downturn, and mass migration.
Over 900,000 people have fled to nearby nations like Egypt, Libya, Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Ethiopia, according to data from the OCHA, which cited the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Since the start of the conflict in Sudan, over 3 million people have been internally displaced in that country.
All 18 of Sudan’s states have reported forced emigration, with Khartoum State accounting for the majority of those departures, according to IOM.
The UN organization added that the current estimate of displacements over the previous 108 days exceeds the total recorded for the previous four years.
Additionally, despite promises from the warring parties, no humanitarian corridors have been established, preventing aid organizations from providing ever-more life-saving assistance.
The World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations has already issued a warning that more than 19 million Sudanese are experiencing food insecurity, which is when the most recent development occurred.
The WFP’s communication officer, Mohamed Gamal, raised the alarm last Sunday as a result of severe shortages of food and medicine across much of Sudan as a result of months of intense fighting between the warring parties.
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the army chief, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who is in charge of the RSF, were engaged in a power struggle when fighting broke out in Sudan in mid-April.
The Sudanese Health Ministry has released statistics showing that the fighting has resulted in over 3,000 fatalities and over 6,000 injuries.
The opposing sides have already been urged to exercise restraint and engage in communication to put an end to hostilities by the United Nations, the Arab League, and numerous other nations.
