WHO: Coming Lean Season in Sudan Could Trigger Catastrophic Hunger

FILE - People from states of Khartoum and al-Jazira, displaced by the ongoing conflict in Sudan between the army and paramilitaries, wait to receive aid from a charity organisation in Gedaref on Dec. 30, 2023.

The World Health Organization says the coming lean season in Sudan could trigger catastrophic levels of hunger and widespread illness and death from infectious disease among a malnourished, famished population.