The armed conflict that began in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has displaced 13 million people and caused up to 200,000 deaths. In response to findings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the United States Department of State warned on October 27 of an alarming deterioration in food security and upcoming famine risks. Families residing in shelters near Port Sudan report that aid deliveries have dwindled to just a few distributions over a six-month span. To survive, displaced individuals must navigate surging prices for basic market commodities like cooking oil and charcoal.
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Severe humanitarian shortfalls are forcing displaced families to rely on precarious local…: Severe humanitarian shortfalls are forcing displaced families to rely on precarious local market jobs to purchase daily meals.
Surging prices for essential ingredients like flour, charcoal, and cooking oil prevent vu…: Surging prices for essential ingredients like flour, charcoal, and cooking oil prevent vulnerable workers from affording basic food and water.
Diets among displaced populations have deteriorated to basic staples like lentils and ric…: Diets among displaced populations have deteriorated to basic staples like lentils and rice as meat has become unaffordable.
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Sudan’s displaced people now face a mounting food crisis, with warnings of famine.
The sound of gunfire forced 50-year-old Aisha Adam to flee her home in the al-Kalakla neighbourhood of Khartoum days after war erupted in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on April 15, 2023.
She went to the neighbouring city of Omdurman, but fighting followed her and in May 2023, Adam had to find a new refuge. It brought her to a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Port Sudan, on the country’s Red Sea coast, where she lives with her orphaned grandson and nephew.
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