2024 Sudan famine

2024 Sudan famine
CountrySudan
Location
PeriodApril 2023 – present
Total deaths1050+
Death rate
  • 1.5 – 2.4 per 10,000/day in Zamzam camp
  • 1.1 – 3.6 under-five children per 10,000/day in Zamzam camp
  • 100 deaths per day in Sudan[1]
Refugees777,330 to Chad
695,143 to South Sudan
133,049 to Ethiopia
31,600 to the Central African Republic
CausesSudanese civil war (2023–present) (including war, humanitarian aid blockade, siege, looting)
ReliefUSD$315 million in humanitarian aid from the United States USD$70 million in humanitarian aid from UAE
Effect on demographics20% of population in "emergency food situation"[2]
Consequences25.6 million people suffer acute food shortage

3.6 million children acutely malnourished

>750,000 facing starvation[3]
Preceded by1998 Sudan famine

Throughout 2024, the population of Sudan suffered from severe malnutrition and human-made famine conditions as a result of the Sudanese civil war beginning in 2023, primarily in Darfur, Kordofan, and neighboring refugee-taking nations such as Chad. Famine conditions were caused in part by deliberate attempts by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to siege and loot cities with civilians trapped in them and by both sides blocking off supply routes to allow food and humanitarian aid to flow through.[4] On 1 August, the Global Famine Review Committee released a report officially declaring that there was a high risk of IPC Phase 5 famine conditions ongoing throughout internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Darfur near Al-Fashir.[5] More than 1,050 deaths[6] have been caused by the famine and over 9 million people have been displaced as a result of the famine and war.[7]

  1. ^ "UK: 100 famine deaths per day in Sudan". Sudan War Monitor.
  2. ^ Paravicini, Giulia; Stecklow, Steve (13 June 2024). "Some 756,000 Sudanese face starvation in coming months". Reuters. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ Siddiqui, Usaid; Pietromarchi, Virginia. "Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 65 in a day; situation for children 'dire'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. ^ Nashed, Mat. "Starving to death is as scary as the war for Sudanese refugees in Chad". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Famine in Sudan: IPC Famine Review Committee Confirms Famine Conditions in parts of North Darfur - Sudan". ReliefWeb. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1000dead was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ United Nations (26 June 2024). "Using starvation as a weapon of war in Sudan must stop: UN experts". Retrieved 20 September 2024.