According to new research, the death toll from Sudan’s civil war is far higher than previously thought.The conflict has created the world’s worst hunger crisis and forced 11 million people to flee their homes.
With little help from the international community, those in need are being fed by community-funded soup kitchens in war-torn Omdurman, the most populated city in Sudan. As one part of Sudan faces famine for the first time in seven years, the United States and other countries have urged the warring sides to grant humanitarian organizations unfettered access.
Many of the 11 million displaced people living in Port Sudan, which has been spared from the violence in the country’s civil conflict, are using churches as makeshift shelters.
The internaly displaced people in Al Fasher and North Darfur still struggle with hunger in the Sudanese Zamzam camps. It is only the tip of the iceberg, according to reports.
Displaced people and doctors in the state of North Darfur in Sudan say that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are targeting camps and hospitals in the state capital of El Fasher.Meanwhile,nonprofits say that while a city supposed to serve as a refuge for people displaced by the war in Sudan is being torn apart,the world is paying little attention to this situation.
The fighting in the Northeast African nation of Sudan is still going on, but worldwide donors have promised more than $2.13 billion in humanitarian relief, and the UN said this week that a looming famine is about to break out in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
The crisis in Sudan and turmoil in other parts of the Africa region have sent thousands of refugees fleeing their homelands in the hope of finding better lives for themselves and their children. Many are fleeing to Egypt, where Edward Yeranian reports the influx is causing a strain on resources