A siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused a famine in North Darfur’s capital el-Fasher.
Sudan’s 27-month civil war is being compounded by a hunger crisis affecting the vulnerable, especially the people trapped in North Darfur’s capital, el-Fasher.
Despite numerous pleas for help from the people within, aid agencies say they have been denied access to el-Fasher.
As a result, some 740,000 people are deteriorating from hunger, according to the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies.
In December 2024, global hunger monitor the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, declared a famine in Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps – two camps housing hundreds of thousands of displaced people in North Darfur – and warned that it could spread to el-Fasher by May.
