Millions face disaster as Sudanese army and RSF accused of using food access as a weapon in on-going war

Sudan is facing a famine that could become worse than any the world has seen since Ethiopia 40 years ago, US officials have warned, as aid deliveries continue to be blocked by the warring armies but arms supplies to both sides continue to flow in.

With much of the world’s attention focused on Gaza, the scene of another human-made famine, Sudan is already the worst humanitarian crisis in the world and is slipping towards a humanitarian disaster of historic proportions, with far less media coverage and global concern. A UN humanitarian appeal for the country has received only 16% of the funds it needs.

“We need the world to wake up to the catastrophe happening before our very eyes,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the UN, told reporters.

  • @tal@lemmy.today
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    5 months ago

    The article is talking about the fact that Sudan is seeing a famine resulting from a civil war in Sudan where both sides are using food as a weapon by blocking transport in.

    Setting aside the question of whether-or-not people are claiming this, what does your comment have to do with the article at all?

    Were you intending to comment on a different article?