Sudan's warring sides target local aid volunteers fighting famine

FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese woman from a community kitchen run by local volunteers distributes meals for people who are affected by conflict and extreme hunger and are out of reach of international aid efforts, in Omdurman, Sudan, August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mazin Alrasheed/File Photo

CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - Local volunteers who have helped to feed Sudan's most destitute during 17 months of war say attacks against them by the opposing sides are making it difficult to provide life-saving aid amid the world's biggest hunger crisis.

Many volunteers have fled under threat of arrest or violence, and communal kitchens they set up in a country where hundreds are estimated to be dying of starvation and hunger-related diseases each day have stopped serving meals for weeks at a time.