CNN —The war in Sudan is “triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” with more than 25 million people “trapped in a spiral” of food insecurity, a United Nations agency has warned.
The war, which has also created the world’s largest displacement crisis, according to the UN, has left 18 million people “acutely food insecure” in Sudan and millions more in neighboring South Sudan and Chad.
“Twenty years ago, Darfur was the world’s largest hunger crisis, and the world rallied to respond.
Nearly a year into a war that has sent Sudan to the verge of collapse, the vast majority of its people are going hungry, the UN's World Food Programme says.
Armed transfers that must stop,” she said, remarking that the international community “is not doing nearly enough” to address the crisis.
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