Rhino: Agencies – Famine is rampant in at least five regions in Sudan amid the war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, a UN-backed report said on Tuesday, predicting it will expand into the Darfur region by May 2025.

According to the IFSC Famine Review Committee report, the famine, which was declared in August 2024 in Zam Zam camp in North Darfur state, continued and spread to Al Salam and Abu Shouk camps and the Western Nuba Mountains from October to November 2024.
A total of 638,000 people face starvation in these camps, according to the report of the committee, an initiative that includes UN agencies, regional partners and aid organizations.

The report showed that food insecurity is at worse levels than expected, with 24.6 million people expected between December 2024 and May 2025 to face high levels of acute food insecurity, at or above the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IFSC) Stage 3.