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UN says nearly 12 million facing acute hunger in Sudan
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CAIRO, 04 August 2022, (TON): The United Nations painted a grim picture for Sudan’s humanitarian situation, saying "almost a quarter of the country’s population was inching toward starvation amid a dire shortage of funding."
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that 11.7 million people were facing acute hunger between June and September, an increase by nearly 2 million, compared to the same period last year.
The deepening food crisis in Sudan is caused mainly by the county’s fragile economy, prolonged dry spells, reduced areas cultivated and erratic rainfall, said the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
The dark assessment comes as the East African nation has plunged into turmoil since a military coup in October.
It upended the country’s short-lived transition to democracy after nearly three decades of repression and international isolation under autocrat leader Omar Al-Bashir.
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