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Briefing | An intensifying calamity

Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world's worst famine in 40 years

Millions are likely to perish

Sudanese refugees wait for food distribution at a camp in Chad
Photograph: Panos Pictures/ Sven Torfinn
Aug 29th 2024|PORT SUDAN
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IT IS OFFICIAL: for only the third time in the past 20 years, the UN
has declared a full-blown famine. The declaration concerns a refugee
camp called Zamzam, on the outskirts of the city of el-Fasher in
Sudan. As long ago as April, Medecins Sans Frontieres, a charity,
estimated that every two hours a child in the camp was dying from
starvation or disease--and since then the situation has got worse.

This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition
under the headline "An intensifying calamity"

Briefing August 31st 2024

  * Anarchy in Sudan has spawned the world's worst famine in 40 years
  * The ripple effects of Sudan's war are being felt across three
    continents
  * "Hell on earth": satellite images document the siege of a
    Sudanese city

Sudan: Why its catastrophic war is the world's problem

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