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[2/2] thousands of people in the Akobo region of South Sudan are facing a catastrophic hunger and malnutrition crisis. The World Food Program is stepping up emergency assistance operations on the ground. (CCTV News)

Sudan's 'abandoned' crisis grows as the war enters its fourth year | AP ... Famine. Massacres. And now badly needed food and other supplies are under strain. Sudan on Wednesday enters a fourth year of war that’s being called an “abandoned crisis,” as a new conflict in the Middle East throws into shadow the fighting that has forced 13 million people to flee their homes. Sudan is described as the world’s largest humanitarian challenge, notably in terms of displacement and hunger. There is no end in sight to the fighting between the military and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, which witnesses and aid groups say has laid waste to parts of the vast Darfur region. Patient Saidal Altaher, aged two months, receives treatment for malnutrition at the paediatric hospital stabilization center in Port Sudan, Sudan, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A woman holds a placard during a tree planting event commemorating the war in Sudan as it enters its fourth year, in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) Hashem Abderaman sits in his bed next to his mother while receiving treatment at the paediatric hospital stabilization ce…

South Sudan: WFP Scales Up Emergency Response in South Sudan As Catastrophic Hunger and Malnutrition Deepen [WFP] WFP is delivering vital food and nutritional assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in Akobo East, as insecurity, infrastructure damage and the onset of the rainy season hamper operations.

Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue as ... FacebookTwitterPrintEmail As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry while the health system lies in ruins, with no end to the violence in sight, UN agencies said on Friday. Speaking from Khartoum, the representative of the UN Refugee Agency,UNHCR, in the country Marie-Helene Verney told reporters that since the start of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April 2023,some 14 million people, or a quarter of the population, have been forced to flee, with 9 million remaining displaced inside Sudan and 4.4 million across borders,primarily in Chad, South Sudan and Egypt. “Unfortunately, we are not seeing clear progress towards any resolution,” she said, stressing that fighting is still ongoing in large parts of the country: the Kordofans, Darfur and Blue Nile State. “One thing to note is theincreased use of aerial bombardments and drone attacks,” she added. Airstrikes have been targeting civilian infrastructure “with no warnings,” Ms. Verney said, and serious human rights violatio…

Conflict, hunger push S. Sudan families to eat leaves to stay alive Families in South Sudan's Jonglei state are increasingly relying on leaves, water lilies and other wild food sources to stay alive as worsening conflict, displacement and food...

Hunger and conflict in South Sudan: families trapped in Jonglei State There is not much left of Chol’s old life in Akobo,South Sudan. Like many families across Jonglei State, she is caught in a wider crisis where conflict and repeated displacement are pushing communities deeper into hunger. Her husband is dead, killed by armed fighters who also torched her home and many others. Hunger is everywhere. Dirt tracks winding through clusters of straw-and-reed shelters have turned to mud under heavy rains that will last for months, threatening to cut off vital supply routes. “This is our reality,” says Chol of ongoing conflict smashing lives and hopes in this young country. “We have no power.” (Chol’s last name is being withheld for her protection). South Sudan’s hunger emergency is not down the road – it is now. It is seen in the stick-thin,malnourished childrenand their parents arriving in this eastern town and finding almost nothing. It is why the World Food Programme (WFP) and our partners are now surging food and other assistance to Akobo, to prevent a humanitarian crisis from getting worse. Today, parts of the wider Akobo County, in Jonglei State, face catastrophic hunger – the…

War in Sudan engulfs agricultural heartland amid record levels of ... World Food Program personnel provide food to people in Sudan. Photo: United Nations in Sudan Agricultural production has come to a halt in Sudan’s breadbasket, Gezira. This is at a time when hunger in the war-torn country is at the highest level ever recorded during the harvest season between October and February, with nearly 40% of the population facing “acute hunger.” The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are on the retreat after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed across Gezira last week, disrupting harvest in this State which produces half of all the wheat grown in Sudan. Farmers are too terrified to return to their fields, and have in some areas “gone so far as to flood canals and sacrifice their harvest in order to make it difficult for RSF to enter,” said Jamal (name changed), spokesperson of the Resistance Committees (RC) in Hasahisa city. Within a week of occupying the city, the RSF had killed at least three civilians in Hasahisa, the Resistance Committee reported on December 28. It accused the RSF of rape attempts, including one targeting a child, and other atrocities including extortion, stealing cars, l…

War in Sudan Engulfs Agricultural Heartland Amid Record Levels of ... by Pavan Kulkarni , published on People’s Dispatch , January 1, 2025 After capturing Gezira, a State in central Sudan that was producing half of its wheat and providing refuge to hundreds of thousands of IDPs, the RSF is set to battle the Sudanese Armed Forces for the neighboring states to consolidate control over the country’s agricultural heartland Agricultural production has come to a halt in Sudan’s breadbasket, Gezira. This is at a time when hunger in the war-torn country is at the highest level ever recorded during the harvest season between October and February, with nearly 40% of the population facing “ acute hunger .” The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are on the retreat after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed across Gezira last week, disrupting harvest in this State which produces half of all the wheat grown in Sudan. Farmers are too terrified to return to their fields, and have in some areas “ gone so far as to flood canals and sacrifice their harvest in order to make it difficult for RSF to enter ,” said Jamal (name changed), spokesperson of the Resistance Committees (RC) in Hasahisa city. Within a…

More than 7 million South Sudanese face acute hunger, UN says More than seven million people in conflict-hit South Sudan, nearly half the country's population, urgently require food assistance as violence, economic hardship and displacem...

Sudan war leaves millions hungry and displaced as health system nears ... FacebookTwitterPrintEmail Sudan’s protracted conflict has spiralled into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with hunger, displacement and the collapse of basic services exacting a daily toll on civilians. UN agencies warn that nearly three years of sustained violence, restricted humanitarian access and shrinking funding have pushed Sudan into what they describe as the largest humanitarian emergency in the world. An estimated 33.7 million people – around two thirds of the population – are expected to need humanitarian assistance in 2026. More than 20 million people now require health assistance, while 21 million face acute food insecurity. Theconflict erupted in April 2023following a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), plunging the country into a civil war that has spread from the capital Khartoum to Darfur, Kordofan and other regions. The fighting has devastated infrastructure, fractured state institutions and left civilians exposed to widespread violence, displacement and deprivation. Repeated ceasefire efforts have f…