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In a new alert, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) shows new evidence Malnutrition is getting worse in several hotspots. Assistance cannot keep up, it is even hampered lack of funding, insecurity and limited access.
The IPC food insecurity warning index is a global partnership that includes the UN food emergency agency WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization (F.A.O).
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In the East Jebel Marra, South Darfursurvey of two refugee camps found acute malnutrition among children in 38 and 30.8 percent – above the threshold of starvation. Famine was severe and the death rate was high.
Across Greater Darfur, Thirteen of 17 nutrition surveys conducted since January found critical levels of acute malnutrition.
In the Onpercentage of children who seek nutritional assistance but require treatment due to severe acute malnutrition more than double between January and August, from five to 11 percent.
Drought at the height of the war
Drought is now enveloping more than half of Sudanwiped out crops in some areas and left many families without food or income.
In North Darfur, 64 percent agricultural land indicates poor plant growth.
The rain arrives at the end of September, too late to save most cereal cropsthe warning says, and cereal prices will likely continue to rise.
Big Kordofanwhich the memorial describes as the center of the conflict in Sudan, has been seen more than 300,000 people were forced to flee their homes since October 2025. The market has been hit by more than 170 airstrikes, looting or armed clashes this year.
Aid workers face extreme danger. Two trucks contracted to the WFP were attacked on October 2 and 3, killing at least one person.
Children will recover without treatment. In August, only 26 percent of those thought to need treatment for severe acute malnutrition with medical complications have received it. Without treatment, as many as two-thirds of them could die.
On October 8, less than half humanitarian appeals for Sudan have been funded.
‘Humanitarian disaster’
The IPC Famine Review Committee said there was not enough survey data to carry out a comprehensive analysis, but the evidence suggests this is the case a rapidly deteriorating situation.
“Famine is the collapse of the system,” the committee said. “We are witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe that has reached historic proportions.”
The warning calls for an end to fighting, safe and sustainable access for aid agencies – especially in North and West Kordofan – and flexible funding on a large scale. Without a major increase in aid, WHO warns, more lives will be at risk.
