Starvation in war-hit Sudan almost everywhere: WHO

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said starvation in war-stricken Sudan ‘is almost everywhere’.

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, the situation in Sudan is very alarming... the massive displacement - it's now the largest in the world, and, of course, famine”.

He said 12 million people were already displaced, adding that attention in the global community to Sudan was really low and race was a factor.

Thousands of people have been killed since a civil war broke out in April 2023 between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

“Imagine: destruction, displacement, diseases everywhere, and now famine,” Dr Tedros said.

He said he had recently visited a camp for the internally displaced people and a hospital in Sudan.
Close to 25 million people - half of Sudan's population - "need support", Dr Tedros said.

He stressed that Sudan ‘is not getting the attention it deserves’, and that was the case with other recent conflicts in Africa.