Death toll from Sudan’s brutal civil war far exceeds previous estimates, study suggests

FILE - A view of a street in the city of Omdurman damaged in the year-long civil war in Sudan, April 7, 2024. FILE - A mother holds her severely malnourished child at the pediatric ward of the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, South Kordofan, Sudan, June 25, 2024. FILE - Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces in the East Nile province, Sudan, June 22, 2019.

The number of people killed in Sudan’s civil war is far higher than previously thought, according to new research, as aid agencies warn that the conflict has created the world’s worst hunger crisis with millions on the brink of famine.