UN Security Council calls for Ramadan ceasefire in Sudan. More than half of the country's approximately 25 million inhabitants are dependent on aid.
According to the UN, almost 18 million of them are affected by acute food insecurity. The conflict between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has sparked the world's largest refugee crisis. more than 25 million people are starving in Sudan and in the neighboring states of South Sudan and Chad, where they have fled. The World Food Program (WFP) says 90 percent of the people who urgently need food aid are in areas inaccessible to aid organizations.