50 lakh at risk of starvation in Sudan 

United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths has warned the Security Council that nearly five million (50 lakh) people in Sudan are facing catastrophic hunger in parts of the war-torn country.

On Friday, the United Nations appealed for Sudan’s battling factions to allow delivery of humanitarian relief to fend off looming catastrophic hunger.

Some five million Sudanese could face calamitous food insecurity in coming months as a nearly yearlong war between rival generals continues to tear the country apart, according to a UN document.

The war between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since April last year killed tens of thousands, destroyed infrastructure and crippled the economy.