Families across Sudan endure years of displacement, hunger, loss

A staggering 29 million Sudanese face acute hunger as conflict displaces millions, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Families across Sudan endure years of displacement, hunger, loss

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More than nine million people remain displaced within and from Sudan, while nearly 29 million—over half the population—face acute hunger, according to recent humanitarian assessments. The figures, which have escalated sharply over the past year, underscore a catastrophic and rapidly deteriorating situation stemming from a brutal internal conflict that erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The displacement crisis, now one of the largest in the world, has seen families uprooted multiple times as frontlines shift and violence spreads from the capital, Khartoum, into the agriculturally vital regions of Al Jazirah and Kordofan. Many have fled across borders into Chad, South Sudan, and Egypt, placing immense strain on neighboring nations. Those trapped inside the country describe a harrowing existence of constant movement, seeking elusive safety while their resources and resilience are utterly depleted. This mass displacement is the primary driver of the hunger catastrophe. The fighting has decimated Sudan's infrastructure, crippled markets, and severely disrupted the planting and harvesting seasons in the nation's breadbasket. Aid agencies report that the lean season, the period before the next harvest when food is traditionally scarcest, has arrived months early and with unprecedented severity. The World Food Programme has warned that Sudan is facing the worst levels of hunger ever recorded during the harvest season, a time when food should be most abundant. The humanitarian response is paralyzed by what officials call an almost complete breakdown in access and security. Aid warehouses have been systematically looted, convoys are blocked or attacked, and bureaucratic impediments imposed by the warring parties have brought cross-border and cross-line aid deliveries to a near standstill. The few functional health facilities are overwhelmed, with outbreaks of cholera, dengue, and measles spreading through overcrowded displacement camps where clean water is scarce. International appeals for funding have fallen dramatically short, forcing organizations to cut rations for those they can still reach. Diplomatic...

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