SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Exclusive: Famine watchdog projects 756,000 Sudanese face starvation in coming months
Reuters report that an estimated 756,000 people in Sudan could face catastrophic food shortages by September, according to a preliminary projection by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) used by UN agencies and aid groups to determine whether to officially declare a famine.
The IPC’s famine determination scale has five classifications, ranging from Phase 1, (no serious food issues), to Phase 5 (catastrophe or famine). The IPC projects that 756,000 in Sudan will face Phase 5 catastrophe by September.
The projection identified 32 localities and clusters where the population was suffering catastrophic food shortages. 15% of the population faced IPC 5 catastrophic conditions in Al-Fashir and nearby Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons. Three other areas were cited where 10% of the population had reached the threshold.
Reuters note that many of the areas in the projection where seized by the Rapid Support militia (RSF).