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BBC OS: 2024/03/06 16:06 GMT: Sudan: Millions facing food crisis

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Sudan: Millions facing food crisis

2024/03/06 16:06 GMT

2024/03/06 16:06 GMT: Sudan: Millions facing food crisis

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The World Food Programme has said the war could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis

The World Food Programme has said the war could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the war in Sudan could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis, unless fighting stops. More than 10 months of fighting between rival forces has left nearly 14,000 people dead, over eight million displaced and much of the country’s population cut off and facing rising hunger. As war rages, Sudanese families continue to flee to neighbouring countries. We explain what's happening in Sudan and hear the latest from our correspondent.

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Presenter: Luke Jones

Photo: A woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. An assessment by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in January found that at the camp, which is home to an estimated 400,000 people, two babies were dying every hour. Nearly 40% of children aged six months to two years old were malnourished, the group found.

Photo credit: MSF/Mohamed Zakaria

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