SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters – Sudan at 'imminent risk of famine' - U.N.

31/5/2024: Reuters – Sudan at 'imminent risk of famine' - U.N.

Reuters report that UN agencies said the people of Sudan are at imminent risk of famine. 

Around 18 million people are already acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children who are acutely malnourished, according to a joint statement by U.N. chiefs including Volker Turk, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights

"Without an immediate and major step change, we will face a nightmare scenario: A famine will take hold in large parts of the country," read the statement also signed by U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths.