Sudan famine warnings mount as displaced families report months without aid
US and Western governments warn of imminent famine risk in Sudan while camp residents say food aid has stopped arriving.
What to know
- Sudan's civil war between the army (SAF) and RSF, now in its fourth year, has displaced 13 million people and killed as many as 200,000, according to aid workers.
- The US State Department and more than 30 Western governments warned on October 27 of an alarming deterioration in food security, with at least five million people facing emergency hunger levels.
- Camps such as Al-Karama 3 in Blue Nile state report no food aid for four months, while displaced residents in Port Sudan say assistance has fallen sharply, forcing them into informal work to survive.
- An IPC alert cited by commentators points to El Niño-driven drought compounding the conflict and funding cuts, warning that worsening malnutrition and excess mortality are likely without a rapid scale-up of aid.
“Amid the clashes, I left with my grandson for the bus station, intending to travel to Wad Madani in Gezira state, south of Khartoum. But I found a bus heading to Port Sudan and boarded it, even though all I knew about the city was that it was safe”
Aisha Adam, Displaced woman, Port Sudan camp · Al Jazeera ↗ · Nov 1
Aisha Adam Displaced woman in Port Sudan IDP campFatima Displaced woman interviewed by Al JazeeraKhadra al-Fayiq Displaced resident of Al-Karama 3 camp, Blue Nile stateAdam Ahmed Resident of Al-Karama 3 campUS Department of State Co-signatory of joint famine-risk statementIntegrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) International famine-monitoring body
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Al Jazeera details displaced families' daily struggle for food
Al Jazeera profiled displaced women in Port Sudan, including Aisha Adam, who now sells fried pastries to survive after aid at her camp dropped sharply, and Fatima, who said she had received humanitarian assistance only three times in six months.
“I have no choice but to work. There is no one I can rely on. My two sons are missing, and I do not know where they are, while my other son died before the war began…”
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The IPC warns that “without an immediate and substantial scale-up of assistance, worsening food insecurity, acute malnutrition, and excess mortality are likely to intensify.” JOHNSTON: Famine looms in Sudan as drone war escalates https://www. thewhig.com/opinion/johnston-f amine-looms-in-sudan-as-drone-war-escalates/
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⚡ NEWS Famine Warnings for Displaced Sudanese Amid Worsening Aid Crisis Displaced populations in Sudan are facing a severe food crisis with emerging warnings of famine. The situation is deteriorating as aid delivery becomes increasingly difficult, raising urgent humanitarian concerns for those affected by the ongoing... 📰 https://www…
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Columnist cites IPC alert on drought-driven famine risk
An opinion piece drew on an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) alert describing severe El Niño-induced drought across more than half of Sudan, warning of localised crop failures and loss of household income and food.
“The outlook is increasingly alarming as severe El Niño-induced drought conditions are widespread across more than half of Sudan, resulting in localised crop failures and loss of household food and income…”
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“Sudan is experiencing an alarming deterioration in its food security,” reads a joint statement issued by a group of concerned nations, including Canada. “There is no time to lose to save lives and prevent famine,” reads the Oct. 23 statement. https://www. thewhig.com/opinion/johnston-f amine-looms-in-sudan-as-drone-war-escalates/
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“The outlook is increasingly alarming as severe El Niño-induced drought conditions are widespread across more than half of Sudan, resulting in localised crop failures and loss of household food and income,” the IPC Alert states. https://www. thewhig.com/opinion/johnston-f amine-looms-in-sudan-as-drone-war-escalates/
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Mass death looms in Sudan & the world shrugs. Shame. Shame. “…the world is witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe, already of historic proportions, which appears to be on a worst-case trajectory…” https://www. thewhig.com/opinion/johnston-f amine-looms-in-sudan-as-drone-war-escalates/
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Al-Karama 3 camp reports four months without food aid
Officials and residents at the Al-Karama 3 camp in Sudan's Blue Nile state, home to about 24,000 displaced people, said no food aid had arrived in four months, with residents reduced to eating only corn amid rising malnutrition, poor sanitation and disease.
“The camp hasn't received any food aid for four months now…”
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first by Africanews, 12d ago
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US and over 30 Western states warn of famine risk
The US Department of State issued a joint statement warning of an alarming deterioration in Sudan's food security, while more than 30 Western states appealed to the warring parties to remove obstacles to aid, warning that at least five million people face emergency levels of hunger.
“Sudan is experiencing an alarming deterioration in its food security. The risk of famine in the coming months, as warned by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, needs urgent action.”
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first by Mastodon, 6d ago · also Al Jazeera
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War erupts between Sudan's army and the RSF — Fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), triggering mass displacement that eventually forced people like Aisha Adam to flee Khartoum.