More than 21 million people in Sudan at risk of hunger as WFP aid stocks run low
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- A UN-backed IPC report estimates over 21 million people in Sudan are facing acute food insecurity, nearly half the population.
- The WFP says Sudan is confronting the world’s largest hunger crisis and warns food stocks could run out within two months due to funding gaps.
- With rations cut to survival levels, the agency warns millions may lose access to food assistance within weeks without new funding.
A United Nations-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report says more than 21 million people in Sudan — about 45 percent of the population — are now facing acute food insecurity.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has also warned that Sudan is experiencing the largest hunger crisis in the world.
In January, the WFP said its food assistance supplies inside Sudan could be depleted within the next two months, citing a severe funding shortfall.
The UN agency stressed that without additional funding, millions of people in Sudan could be left without food assistance within weeks.
Food rations have already been reduced to what the WFP described as the bare minimum needed for survival.
Sudan has been grappling with a severe humanitarian emergency as civil war, ongoing since April 2023, has devastated national infrastructure and crippled the country’s economy.
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