A United Nations-backed global hunger monitoring agency said on Friday that amid the ongoing civil war in Sudan, millions of people face crisis levels of acute food insecurity.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification’s latest analysis shows that 19.5 million Sudanese - two out of every five citizens – are in danger.
As the conflict enters its fourth year, violence, displacement, and severe humanitarian access constraints are impacting children, families, and communities across the country.
Sudan country director for Action Against Hunger, Samy Guessabi, described the situation as “alarming”.
“What is also extremely alarming is the 135,000 people that are in IPC Phase 5, which is a catastrophe phase, meaning that they are facing extreme acute malnutrition, extreme acute food insecurity,” he said.
