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UN: The conflict in Sudan could lead to a regional crisis

2023-04-30 11:15:28Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
UN: The conflict in Sudan could lead to a regional crisis
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Continued violence in Sudan could plunge the entire East African region into a humanitarian crisis, the UN's World Food Program has warned.

"A third of the country's population was hungry even before the fighting broke out. Now there is a shortage of everything and food prices are skyrocketing," Martin Frick, WFP director in Germany, told dpa.

Similar price increases are also happening in neighboring countries such as South Sudan.

"In South Sudan, which is facing floods in some areas and drought in others due to the climate crisis, food prices have increased by 28% in a very short time," said Frick.

Sudan's de facto president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been fighting his deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo with the help of the military since April 15. Daglo is the leader of the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces.

The two generals took over the leadership of the country of about 46 million people through two coups in 2019 and 2021. Hundreds of people have been killed since the fighting began and thousands are fleeing the country. Governments from around the world have launched evacuation missions to transport their citizens.

WFP has had to suspend its support to 7.6 million people in the country as a result of the fighting. According to Frick, refugees who have found shelter in Sudan, pregnant women or malnourished children will not be left without WFP support.

"As soon as the security situation allows, aid should resume," he said.


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