Conflict between warring parties in Sudan pushing millions to brink of famine

According to a recent report by the UN, conflict between warring parties in Sudan is driving a hunger crisis dangerously approaching famine for millions of people, senior United Nations officials warned the Security Council, calling for an urgent cessation of hostilities before an entire generation is destroyed and the wider region is destabilized.

Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated, “Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory,” she stressed, precipitating the world’s largest international displacement crisis, and “on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis,” she said. Estimates indicate that, in the coming weeks and months, 222,000 children could die of malnutrition.