“A terrible and sad situation”, 638,000 people facing catastrophic hunger in Sudan

At the daily press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York today, Wednesday, Dujarik reminded that, according to the Committee, the Combat review of the integrated classification of the stages of food security, there is reasonable evidence of famine conditions in at least five regions in Sudan: Zamzam, Abu Shock and Salam camps in North Darfur and two locations in the Western Nuba MountainsThis affects both the residents and the displaced internally.

He added that it was now confirmed that about 638,000 people suffer from catastrophic hunger conditions, which are classified as the fifth stage of Integrated classification.

Dujarik said: “All this, at the very least, is a very terrible and sad situation.”He added that 4.7 million children under the age of five, a pregnant woman, breastfeeding, and a girl suffering from severe malnutrition in Sudan.

He cautioned that people in Zamzam camp, which is being bombed regularly, resort to extremist measures to survive due to the scarcity of food, “Families eat peanuts mixed with oil, which is usually used to feed animals.”.

The United Nations spokesman called on all parties to silence weapons and put the interest of their people in the first and last place.

He stressed that there is an urgent need to expand the scope of access and open new corridors, whether across the border or through the confrontation lines in the conflict, “To provide help and save people from death. He welcomed the decision of the Sudanese authorities to keep the Adri border crossing with Chad open.