In war-torn Sudan,25 million peopleface hunger, well over half of the country’s population. About 18 million are acutely food insecure, including 3.8 million malnourished children under five years old. Overa dozen children are dying of hunger dailyin Zamzam camp, Adam Rojal, spokesperson of the General Coordination of Darfur Displaced People and Refugees, told Peoples Dispatch. The camp, which hosts over 300,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), is near North Darfur state’s capital city Al-Fashir. Doctors without Bordersestimatesthat a quarter of the children in this camp are acutely malnourished, and will die “within weeks” in the absence of urgent medical intervention. Weakened …read more
Source:: SL Guardian English