Sudan

U.N. declares famine in North Darfur as attention shifts back to Sudan after Iran war

The U.N.'s food security body formally declared famine across three localities of North Darfur on Sunday, the first such classification on the African continent in seven years, as donors scramble to redirect attention after months of Iran-war fundraising.

IPC declares famine across four Sudanese states as aid agencies warn world is looking away

The IPC formally declared famine in four Sudanese states on Saturday, raising the area under confirmed famine fivefold and prompting U.N. officials to warn that donor attention drifting back from the Iran ceasefire was leaving Sudan's catastrophe critically underfunded.