More than 25 million Sudanese face the risk of hunger, meaning more than half of the population of 48 million. The United Nations World Food Program also said it was receiving reports of people dying of hunger in Sudan due to the war.
Many international organizations have warned of the recurrence of major famines, such as those that struck Sudan previously, most notably the “Year 6” famine that occurred in 1888 due to drought, claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The episode (2/11/2024) monitored some activists’ tweets about what might be the cause of the expected famine in Sudan.