Norwegian Refugee Council: hunger crisis in Sudan has reached 'famine-like proportions'

According to NGOs, Sudan is experiencing a starvation crisis of historic proportions. It is estimated that more than half of the population of Sudan is affected, or nearly 26 million people. The hunger crisis comes amid the war in the country that has raged for almost a year and a half. The fighting has now spread to Sudan's central and southeastern food production areas. World Food Program Communications Officer Leni Kinzli told journalists in Geneva that those fleeing areas at risk of famine said that they had left “because there was nothing left to eat, and all their crops had been destroyed by floods.” The WFP also reported that around 800,000 people have fled to Ondo in neighboring Chad after enduring “unimaginable violence”.