Famine is now prevalent in areas of war-torn Sudan and will continue through the next two months, according to a new global food insecurity report released on Thursday.
The 15-month-long escalating conflict between warring militias "has severely impeded humanitarian access and pushed parts of North Darfur into famine, notably in the Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs)", stated the Famine Review Committee of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) in its latest report.
The global initiative, comprising UN agencies, regional partners and aid organizations, classifies food insecurity into five phases, with the fifth phase indicating famine by which at least one in five people or households have an extreme lack of food and face starvation.
