Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history after nearly a year of war, the United Nations has warned. Fighting between the army, headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, since last April has killed tens of thousands of people, as the threat of famine looms amid international inaction. \u201cBy all measures \u2013 the sheer scale of humanitarian needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing hunger \u2013 Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory,\u201d Edem Wosornu, director of operations at the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said on Wednesday. \u201cA humanitarian travesty is playing out in Sudan under a veil of international inattention and inaction,\u201d Wosornu told the UN Security Council on behalf of OCHA head Martin Griffiths. \u201cSimply put, we are failing the people of Sudan,\u201d she added, describing the population\u2019s \u201cdesperation.\u201d According to the UN, the conflict has led to more than eight million people being displaced. In early March, the Security Council called for an immediate ceasefire during Ramadan and urged better access to humanitarian aid. However, the ceasefire was not realised due to disagreements between the warring sides. More than 18 million Sudanese are facing acute food insecurity \u2013 10 million more than at this time last year \u2013 while 730,000 Sudanese children are believed to be suffering from severe malnutrition. Griffiths warned the Security Council last week that \u201calmost five million people could slip into catastrophic food insecurity in some parts of the country in the coming months\u201d. The deputy executive director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Skau, also said on Wednesday, \u201cIf we are going to prevent Sudan from becoming the world\u2019s largest hunger crisis, coordinated efforts and joined-up diplomacy is urgent and critical.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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