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Sudan: Twelve Million Face Acute Hunger in Sudan
The New Humanitarian, 9 September 2022
'The deeper crisis is that Sudan's political economy is structured in an unequal and exploitative manner.' Read more »
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Sudan: Hunger Continues to Worsen As a Quarter of the Population Now Faces Acute Food Insecurity
Dabanga, 5 August 2022
In a new Humanitarian Update, published earlier this week, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) explained that "the humanitarian situation… Read more »
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Sudan: Less Bread Ahead - Hunger Gap Predicted
Ayin English, 24 June 2022
Musa Ali, a baker in Bahri, North Khartoum, is not looking forward to working in the days ahead. "The price of bread will go up --my customers will not be happy--and [they] will… Read more »
Twelve Million Face Acute Hunger in Sudan
Almost 12 million people - a quarter of Sudan's population - are currently estimated to be facing acute hunger. According to aid agencies, that number could reach up to 18 million as the "lean season" ends this month which is double the figure recorded in 2021. Economic and political disorder worsened by an October 2021 coup are contributing to the high levels of need. But conflict, climate shocks, and an exploitative political economy that has long generated hunger are also driving the crisis.
The deteriorating humanitarian situation comes three years after protests led to the downfall of former president Omar al-Bashir. Al-Bashir was replaced by a transitional civilian-military government, which sought debt relief and new funding streams. But appeasing international creditors required adjustments that drove severe inflation, including subsidy cuts for fuel and wheat.
The situation worsened when army generals ousted their civilian counterparts in 2021 - a takeover that protesters are still fighting to overturn. International assistance programmes were frozen, and living standards fell further.
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West Darfur has witnessed the signing of agreements to stop hostilities between Arab and Masalit tribes in El Geneina locality, and the Rizeigat and Iringa tribes in Sirba ... Read more »
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Sudan is again at crossroads six months after the military-led coup ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and put a military government in place. In the years leading up to the ... Read more »
Internally displaced families gather at a temporary gathering point outside a school in El Geneina town following recent intercommunal conflict in West Darfur (file photo).
