The Sudan Tribune website reported that according to these testimonies, about 101 people died of starvation.
The World Food Programme says Sudan is suffering from the largest hunger crisis in the world and that 25.6 million people are suffering from acute hunger.
This means that 54% of the population is suffering from hunger, WFP spokeswoman in Sudan, Leni Kinsley, told reporters in Geneva last Friday.
She pointed out that one in two Sudanese is unable to provide a basic daily meal and struggles every day just to get food.
The World Food Programme announced last Wednesday that trucks loaded with vital food supplies crossed from Chad into Sudan through the Adre border crossing.
In a post on the X platform, he said that World Food Programme trucks carrying vital food supplies crossed the border from Chad into Sudan through the Adre border crossing.
Sudan Tribune collected testimonies from 19 humanitarian volunteers and residents in 11 states about the spread of famine in those areas, and they confirmed its spread in 97 areas where they are located or close to them.
It was not able to collect testimonies from 3 states, namely Blue Nile, Al-Jazeera, and Sennar, due to internet and communications problems.
The UN Famine Review Committee recently reported that 13 other areas are on the brink of famine, mostly in Darfur, Kordofan, Khartoum and Al-Jazeera.
The situation of the population trapped in the areas of clashes or what are known as hot areas such as Sennar State, South Khartoum, North Bahri, and some cities of Darfur, has reached the point of relying on tree leaves as a source of food.
Famine has hit areas south of Khartoum, including Jebel Awliya and the surrounding villages, which are under the control of the Rapid Support Forces. Thirteen people recently died of hunger.
The remaining residents in Kalaklat, Andalusia, Enqaz and other places are suffering from catastrophic conditions, as they receive their only meal of the day from some of the takayas, which stop from time to time due to the difficulties of receiving financial support from abroad.
People in Al-Salama, Al-Azhari, and Soba East, who remained in Al-Deem neighborhood, are also suffering from harsh conditions due to the lack of food and medicine.
There are growing international and UN calls to end the war to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, which is pushing millions towards famine and death due to food shortages as a result of the fighting that has spread to 13 of the 18 states.
Last Wednesday, the emergency room of Al-Dinder city in Sennar State announced an increase in deaths among patients and the elderly in the western neighborhoods, Al-Bardana, and the villages of West Al-Dinder, due to malnutrition and lack of health care, after the Rapid Support Forces took control of the city.
Last week, the SPLM-N civil authority revealed that 37 deaths had been recorded due to malnutrition in three counties in the Nuba Mountains region as a result of the lack of food.
It also declared a famine in areas under its control in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, which are home to about three million people, without confirmation from the United Nations.
UN reports confirm that 3.6 million children and 1.2 million pregnant or breastfeeding mothers suffer from unprecedented levels of malnutrition in Sudan.
In addition, grain production in Sudan decreased by 40% during the period between 2022 and 2023, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The International Monetary Fund also stated that half of the population in Sudan is now unemployed, in addition to the fact that the banking system has collapsed and money cannot be withdrawn from bank branches and it is difficult to send or receive money transfers.
According to several reports, the prices of basic commodities such as lentils and rice have increased by 400 to 600 percent across the country.
Source: Sudan Tribune
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2024-08-29 00:16:08
