Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Increasing Famine and Food Insecurity in Sudan

 The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification published on 24 December 2024 a report titled "Sudan: Acute Food Insecurity Snapshot."

Twenty months into the conflict, Sudan continues to slide into a widening famine crisis characterized by widespread starvation and a significant surge in acute malnutrition.  The situation marks a widening of the food and nutrition crisis, driven by the devastating conflict, which has triggered mass displacement, a collapsing economy, the breakdown of essential social services, and severe societal disruption, combined with poor humanitarian access, food insecurity and malnutrition.