As hurtles toward famine, its military is blocking the United Nations from bringing enormous amounts of food into the country through a vital border crossing

Experts warn that Sudan, barely functioning after 15 months of fighting, could soon face one of the world’s worst famines in decades.

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But the Sudanese military’s refusal to let U.N. aid convoys through the crossing is thwarting the kind of all-out relief effort that aid groups say is needed to prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths — as many as 2.5 million, according to one estimate — by the end of this year.

As Starvation Spreads in Sudan, Military Blocks Aid Trucks at Border

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A country torn apart by civil war could soon face one of the world’s worst famines in decades, experts said.

nytimes.com/2024/07/26/world/a

According to the World Food Program (WFP), Sudan has seen a sharp rise in hunger and acute malnutrition, already affecting 3.8 million children under 5 years old.

intlmonitor.com/africa/sudan-3

General Yasser al-Atta has stated that the military will not agree to a ceasefire

in July and last week in August RSF fighters “indiscriminately opened fire on village’s unarmed residents” after they resisted attempts to abduct and sexually assault women and girls, Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

apnews.com/article/sudan-war-r

That video is from 1yr ago around the time the conflict started

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