Sudan at 'cataclysmic breaking point', says UN agency

Geneva: Sudan is at a catastrophic breaking point , with tens of thousands of preventable deaths looming due to multiple crises, the United Nations...

Geneva: Sudan is at a catastrophic "breaking point", with tens of thousands of preventable deaths looming due to multiple crises, the United Nations' migration agency warned Monday.

The International Organization for Migration said famine and floods were adding to a Catalogue of challenges facing millions of people in the war-torn country, amid the world's largest displacement crisis.

"Make no mistake: these conditions will persist and worsen if the conflict and restrictions on humanitarian access continue," Othman Belbeisi, IOM Middle East and North Africa director, said in a statement.

"Without an immediate, massive, and coordinated global response, we risk witnessing tens of thousands of preventable deaths in the coming months. We are at breaking point -- a catastrophic, cataclysmic breaking point."