Over 20 million people across Sudan face acute food insecurity, making the African country one of the most food insecure countries on the planet, according to the UN
The country's food security situation is defined as "deeply alarming," according to the deputy representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. / Photo: AA.
"Around 42 percent of Sudan’s population had now been pushed into hunger; 6.3 million of those were classified as experiencing IPC 3 or 4 categories of hunger, just one step away from famine," Eddie Rowe, WFP country director for Sudan said on Friday at a UN press briefing virtually. Sudan has been ravaged by clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces since mid-April, in a conflict that killed more than 3,000 civilians and injured thousands, according to local medics.
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