Famine conditions spread to more towns in Sudan’s Darfur, experts warn
Al Jazeera
Food security experts say famine thresholds for acute malnutrition exceeded in Darfur’s Um Baru and Kernoi.
Acute malnutrition has reached famine levels in two more areas of western Sudan’s Darfur region, United Nations-backed experts warn, as a civil war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army has caused widespread hunger.
In an alert issued on Thursday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), global food security experts said famine thresholds for acute malnutrition had been surpassed in North Darfur State’s contested areas of Um Baru and Kernoi.
The IPC alert is not a formal famine classification, but it highlights alarming levels of hunger based on the latest data.
In Um Baru, the rate of acutely malnourished children aged under five was nearly double the famine threshold with 53 percent affected, the report said.
Nearly a third of children in Kernoi suffered from acute malnutrition, it added.
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