Conflict drags on as millions starve

Displaced Sudanese near a food distribution point at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in the Gedaref state, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum. The UN released a report warning that the ongoing conflict, mass displacement and denials of aid are pushing the country deeper into a famine-risk emergency. — AFP

FAMINE is spreading in Sudan’s western Darfur region, UN-backed experts warned, as a grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions ­hungry, displaced and cut off from aid.

Since April 2023, the conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, displaced 11 million and ­triggered what the United Nations calls one of the world’s worst humanitarian ­crises.