Nearly 20 million people across Sudan are facing acute hunger and more than 800,000 children risk severe malnutrition this year, UN agencies warned on Friday, as civil war, mass displacement and collapsing food and health systems deepen one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and push parts of the country closer to famine.

A global hunger monitoring group reported that over 40% of Sudan's population faces acute food insecurity through May.

More than 40 percent of the population in war-torn Sudan are facing high levels of acute food insecurity through May as the conflict enters its fourth year

Sudan hunger crisis deepens as UN warns millions face acute food shortages