SUDAN is experiencing an unprecedented food security crisis.
A report released recently by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization or FAO warns that 25.6 million people in Sudan are in “extreme hunger.”
Of this number, 755,000 people are in the most severe stage of food insecurity, classified as “catastrophic levels of acute hunger”
According to the FAO report, 65 percent of Sudan’s population relies on agriculture.
The conflict between the warring factions of the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces has severely disrupted and damaged agricultural activities, with rural livelihoods and agrifood systems on the front line of the conflict. This leads to a series of worsening consequences for food security and nutrition.
The situation is expected to worse due to above-average rainfall and higher-than-average temperatures predicted for southern and central states in Sudan, attributed to the projected La Niña conditions from August to September this year.
Since mid-April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a deadly and violent conflict between the two warring factions.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, this conflict has claimed at least 16,650 lives.
The UN International Organization for Migration reported on June 25 that over 7.7 million people have been displaced internally within Sudan since the conflict began, and about 2.2 million others have crossed into neighboring countries.
