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U.N. agencies warn millions displaced from Sudan face worsening hunger and malnutrition without urgent funding
Summary
The U.N. said millions who fled Sudan since April 2023 face acute hunger in neighboring countries, with WFP warning of emergency malnutrition levels and urgent funding shortfalls for both regional refugee support and operations inside Sudan.
The United Nations reported that since the conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023 more than 4,000,000 people have fled the country and many face worsening hunger and malnutrition in neighboring host countries.
The World Food Programme told the U.N. briefing that refugees in some host countries are surviving on dangerously low rations: in Uganda, for example, refugees are reported to be surviving on less than 500 calories per day, which the briefing said is less than a quarter of normal daily nutritional needs.
WFP said it urgently needs $200,000,000 for regional refugee support and $5,755,000,000 for operations inside Sudan. The U.N. said children are especially at risk, with malnutrition rates at emergency levels in some areas, and called for immediate international funding and political action to end the crisis.
U.N. officials said WFP is providing emergency food, cash and nutrition support across seven countries hosting refugees but that resources are running out, and that without new funding food rations will be reduced in coming months in several host states.
