{"id":31633,"date":"2026-04-13T07:49:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31633"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:49:44","slug":"millions-of-people-in-sudan-surviving-on-one-meal-a-day-as-food-crisis-deepens-ngo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/millions-of-people-in-sudan-surviving-on-one-meal-a-day-as-food-crisis-deepens-ngo\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of people in Sudan surviving on one meal a day as food crisis deepens: NGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Sudan&#8217;s war between \u200cthe Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which entered its third year on Wednesday, has caused widespread hunger and displaced millions of people amid one of the world&#8217;s largest humanitarian crises.<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;In the two areas \u200bworst hit by the conflict, North Darfur and South Kordofan &#8211; millions of families can \u200bonly access one meal a day,&#8221; the report by Action Against Hunger, \u2060CARE International, International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, and the Norwegian Refugee Council found.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Often, they miss \u200bmeals for entire days,&#8221; the report stated, adding that many people have resorted to eating leaves \u200band animal feed to survive.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The army-aligned Sudanese government denies the existence of famine, while the RSF denies responsibility for such conditions in areas under its control.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some 61.7% of Sudan\u2019s population, 28.9 million people, is acutely \u200bfood-insecure, according to the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The United Nations (UN) has reported widespread \u200batrocities and waves of ethnically charged violence. In November, the global hunger monitor confirmed, for the first time, famine conditions in al-Fashir and Kadugli.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In February, the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification found that famine thresholds for acute malnutrition have been surpassed in Um Baru, where the rate of acutely malnourished children under 5 was nearly double the famine threshold, and Kernoi.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The report, based on interviews \u200bwith farmers, traders, and \u200bhumanitarian actors in Sudan, \u2060details how the war in Sudan is driving communities towards famine conditions, due to disruptions to farming as well as the use of starvation \u200bas a weapon of war, including deliberate destruction of farms and \u200bmarkets.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Communal kitchens \u2060are increasingly unable to meet rising needs, while major donor funding cuts are impeding aid agencies&#8217; abilities to respond, the report said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31634,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-31633","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Millions of people in Sudan are surviving on just one meal a day, as the country's food crisis deepens and threatens to spread, according to \u200ba report published on Monday by a group of non-governmental organisations.","published_date":"","news_description":"Millions of people in Sudan are surviving on just one meal a day, as the country's food crisis deepens and threatens to spread, according to \u200ba report published on Monday by a group of non-governmental organisations.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31635,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31633\/revisions\/31635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}