The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warned on Tuesday of a worsening food insecurity crisis across large parts of Sudan during the dry season.
The IPC, a global hunger-monitoring system supported by the United Nations, said acute food insecurity is expected to expand across Sudan during the June-to-September dry season.
It warned that severe hunger and famine conditions are likely to deteriorate in large areas of Darfur, Kordofan, and Blue Nile due to the ongoing war, escalating displacement, economic collapse, and disruption of humanitarian aid.
The organization also warned of possible famine in Kadugli, Dilling, and surrounding areas of the western Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan State, as well as in areas of North Darfur including Umburu, Karnoi, and Tina, in addition to the rural areas of El Fasher, Mellit, Kutum, and Tawila.
The report explained that hunger and acute malnutrition have reached extremely high levels in these areas, warning that cutting trade routes and humanitarian aid corridors, or restricting population movement, would likely lead to an actual famine in those regions.
