The food crisis has escalated amid escalating violence in civil war-torn Sudan. The World Food Program reports that people fleeing their homes for their lives are at risk of starvation and death.
The United Nations agency says time is running out to prevent famine in the Darfur region in western Sudan. The escalation of violence is destroying entire nations.
“Food is forcing people to eat peanut shells,” Michael Dunford, World Food Program director for East Africa, said on Friday. If aid does not reach them soon, Darfur and other conflict-torn areas of Sudan could see widespread famine and death.
CNN reported that the civil war broke
out in April 2023 when Sudanese military and paramilitary forces, the Rapid Support Forces, clashed in April 2023. Acts such as sexual violence, genocide and killing of civilians have forced people to flee their homes and become refugees.
Three other workers were injured. The latest violence occurred when the Rapid Support Forces surrounded the city of El Fash, the capital of North Darfur state.
Describing the situation, Toby Hayward, the UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, said: “There were indiscriminate killings in the city and its surroundings, the systematic burning of entire villages and continuous aerial bombardment.”
Thousands of refugees from other regions have taken refuge there.”
UNICEF said that El Fasher includes 500,000 people who fled violence from other areas.
However, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says El Fasher residents, who considered it relatively safe, are now in danger. Thirty-six thousand people have fled their homes in recent weeks.
Said on Thursday that 43 people had been killed in and around El Fasher since the conflict escalated two weeks ago.
There have been reports of horrific violence
Including sexual violence, killings of children, house fires, and destruction of infrastructure.
Due to the conflict situation and bureaucratic complications, food aid distribution activities in Darfur have stopped. According to the World Food Programme, 1.7 million people in the region suffer from acute hunger.
war has displaced 8.7 million people, including 4.6 million children, in Sudan. 2.48 million people need aid. The food crisis has escalated amid increasing violence in civil war-torn Sudan. The World Food Program reports that people fleeing their homes for their lives are at risk of starvation and death.
The United Nations agency says time is running out to prevent famine in the Darfur region in western Sudan. The escalation of violence is destroying entire nations.
“Food is forcing people to eat peanut shells,” Michael Dunford, World Food Program director for East Africa, said on Friday. If aid does not reach them soon, Darfur and other conflict-torn areas of Sudan may face widespread famine and death.
According to CNN,
Sudan’s civil war broke out in April 2023 when military and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces clashed. Acts such as sexual violence, genocide and killing of civilians have forced people to flee their homes and become refugees.
. Three other workers were injured. The latest violence occurred when the Rapid Support Forces surrounded the city of El Fash, the capital of North Darfur state.
“There have been indiscriminate killings in the city and its surrounding areas, systematic burning of entire villages and continuous aerial bombardment,” Toby Hayward, the UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, said in describing the situation.
Thousands of refugees from other regions have taken refuge there.”
UNICEF said that El Fasher
Includes 500,000 people who fled violence from other areas.
However, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says El Fasher residents, who considered it relatively safe, are now in danger. Thirty-six thousand people have fled their homes in recent weeks.
Said on Thursday that 43 people had been killed in and around El Fasher since the conflict escalated two weeks ago.
There have been reports of horrific violence, including sexual violence, killings of children, house fires, and destruction of infrastructure.
Due to the conflict situation and bureaucratic complications, food aid distribution activities in Darfur have stopped. According to the World Food Programme, 1.7 million people in the region suffer from acute hunger.
According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the war has displaced 8.7 million people, including 4.6 million children, in Sudan. 2 Crore 48 people need help.
