In the tenth month of the war between General al-Burhan’s army and General Hemedti’s Rapid Support Forces, 18 million Sudanese are facing acute food insecurity.
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The representative of the World Health Organization to SudanPeter Graff, redoubt of “ catastrophic levels of hunger ” in the coming months. He warns in particular about the situation from April, when there will be no harvest until July. During this lean period, cereal stocks run out and prices rise sharply.
People experiencing food insecurity are all the more vulnerable as Sudan’s health system has collapsed.
Infectious diseases are spreading. More than a million cases of malaria are recorded in the country. Cases of cholera, dengue fever and measles are also reported.
The NGO Doctors Without Borders says that a child dies every two hours in the Zamzam displaced persons camp, located in Darfur. And Unicef warns: tens of thousands of children could die if nothing is done.
As a reminder, the fighting has caused nearly 2 million people to flee the country and more than 6 million Sudanese are internally displaced.
The markets no longer function, they are no longer supplied. People no longer have access to food and functioning markets.
Justine Musik Piquemal, regional director of the Solidarités International association