Women, children, and the elderly live in miserable conditions
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WFP/Mohamed Galal. People continue to flee escalating violence in El Fasher, many arriving in Tawila with little or not. Sudan, Tawila, North Darfur.
The danger of being connected to the Internet is that you become aware of every color in the world. That color can be one of great joy, one of deep sorrow, or even one of profound shock. This time, we're discussing the problems of famine and starvation in Sudan.
It's important to note that according to the Internet, Sudan is currently facing the world's most severe famine and starvation crisis, with nearly half the population, 25 million people, suffering from severe food insecurity, and millions, especially children, on the verge of starvation. The civil war that erupted in April 2023 has exacerbated this crisis, destroying infrastructure and leaving millions homeless. The scale of the famine is so severe that the World Food Programme has confirmed famine in many parts of the country and expressed concern that it could spread further.
The description of the famine situation is no less dire. Widespread food insecurity also remains extremely severe. Nearly half of Sudan's population, or more than 25 million people, are severely food insecure. Hunger looms large over their heads.
The realities and facts are also terrifying. According to available data, more than 630,000 people on the brink of starvation are facing dire levels of hunger, the highest number in the world.
This is also having a profound impact on children. More than one in three children under the age of 5 are experiencing acute malnutrition, far exceeding the definition of famine.
Famine has also been confirmed. Famine has been confirmed in at least 10 areas of Sudan, including the Zamzam camp in North Darfur.
It is also worrying that the continuously worsening crisis is further aggravating the situation. In cities like El Fasher, food shortages and rising prices are leading to increasing deaths from hunger and malnutrition. If this is not immediately addressed, the consequences could be disastrous.
Even now, reading a report from August 5, 2025, is heartbreaking. The World Food Programme (WFP) has done a tremendous amount of work in this direction. Organizations, both large and small, from around the world are involved in this program. Many organizations, from local to international, are working to their fullest extent to make this program a success. The effort is to ensure that no one suffers from hunger despite this famine.
Despite all these efforts, a year after the famine was first confirmed in Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) warns that people trapped in El Fasher are facing starvation. The plight of the people is extremely dire. Children and children are all suffering in this crisis. The crisis is extremely dangerous for everyone, men and women alike. It is even more severe for women.
You may not believe it, but it is true that the population of El Fasher is facing starvation and humanitarian needs are increasing as access to the besieged city has been cut off, despite efforts made by WFP in Sudan.
Hunger continues to spread. Wide areas are affected. Port Sudan, Sudan – A year after the first confirmation of famine in Sudan's Zamzam camp in North Darfur, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that families trapped in El Fasher, the capital of the besieged state, are facing starvation. The city has been cut off from humanitarian access, leaving the remaining population with no choice but to survive on the limited resources they have left.
It is now a deeply sad truth that the World Food Programme (WFP) has been unable to deliver food aid by road to El Fasher for more than a year because all roads leading there are blocked. The WFP continues to provide digital cash assistance to the city's 250,000 people, enabling them to purchase any food available in the markets, but this is insufficient to meet the widespread needs of the besieged city.
"Everyone in El Fasher is struggling to survive every day," said Eric Pardison, WFP's Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa. More than two years of war has completely devastated people's lives. Without immediate and consistent assistance, many lives could be lost. Who will save them now? Who will be their savior?
With trade routes closed and supply lines blocked, basic food items like sorghum or wheat, used to make traditional bread and porridge, are up to 460 percent more expensive in El Fasher than in the rest of Sudan. During the war, local groups set up community kitchens to provide hot meals to the hungry, but very few are now operational. Civilian infrastructure, including markets and clinics, has been attacked. Reports suggest that some families are resorting to animal feed and food waste to survive. Many who have managed to escape have cited widespread violence, looting, and increased sexual abuse.
Eight-year-old Sondos told WFP, "There was heavy shelling and hunger in El Fasher. Just hunger and bombs. That's why we left El Fasher." Sondos fled El Fasher with five members of her family, who were surviving solely on millet. She is one of approximately 400,000 people recently displaced in Taweelah receiving WFP assistance.
Across Sudan, WFP is reaching more than four million people each month—5.5 million in May alone—in the country's most food-insecure and hardest-hit areas. This includes approximately 1.7 million people—80% of the food-insecure population—in famine-affected or famine-threatened areas, and more than 600,000 women and children are receiving nutritional supplements.
World Food Programme (WFP) assistance has helped alleviate the threat of famine in six areas of Central Darfur and two areas of West Darfur. However, due to the rainy season, road access to Darfur will soon be closed. If aid is disrupted, even fragile progress risks being reversed.
Corinne Fleischer, Director of Supply Chain and Distribution for the World Food Programme (WFP), said, "We have made progress under the most difficult circumstances. But access to key locations like Al Fasher is still blocked. We must be given space to reach all civilians in need."
As of August 1, WFP has received approval from Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) in Port Sudan to send a humanitarian aid convoy to Al Fasher. The Rapid Support Forces, which have besieged the capital of North Darfur for more than a year, have not yet supported a cessation of fighting to allow humanitarian supplies to be delivered to the city.
"The World Food Programme is ready to send trucks loaded with food aid to El Fasher," Fleischer said.
"We urgently need to guarantee safe passage."
In June, a joint convoy of the World Food Programme and UNICEF carrying food and nutrition supplies to El Fasher was attacked – five people were killed and the aid supplies were destroyed.
The World Food Programme needs $645 million over the next six months to continue emergency food, cash, and nutrition assistance. The pipeline break is already causing significant losses. Some families living in displacement camps in eastern Sudan, who have been dependent on World Food Programme (WFP) assistance for two years, are now receiving nothing.
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