February 4, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) - International donors, the UN, Sudan’s warring parties, and their allies must act immediately to prevent further avoidable deaths from malnutrition in Sudan, as the already catastrophic situation is expected to worsen this year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned on Monday. Half of Sudan’s population faces high levels of acute food insecurity (24.6 million people), including 8.5 million facing an emergency or famine-like situation, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report. “Despite this new wake-up call, robust humanitarian and diplomatic mobilization to act on aid deliveries has fallen far short of the needs,” said Stephane Doyon, MSF operations manager. “To provide only those in the most extreme situation with monthly food rations, 2,500 aid trucks per month would be required, whereas only about 1,150 crossed into Darfur between August and December.” MSF has released data showing alarming rates of malnutrition in multiple locations, both at the height of Sudan’s lean season last year and as recently as December 2024. The conflict-driven malnutrition crisis has been exacerbated by the continued obstruction of aid by both of Sudan’s warring parties and the inaction of the UN and aid system in Darfur. With the seasonal …
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