A bloody power struggle that has been raging in Sudan for almost a year is hitting both the healthcare system and agriculture hard and aid organizations are warning of dire consequences for the population.
The children's rights organization Save the Children warned on Wednesday of a dramatic worsening of the humanitarian situation in Sudan with serious consequences, especially for small children and their mothers.
New figures from humanitarian organizations and the Sudanese Ministry of Health show that almost 230,000 children, young mothers and pregnant women could die of hunger in the coming months, the organization said in a statement.
The food supply is on the verge of collapse, said Arif Noor, the country director in Sudan.
"If nothing is planted today, there will be nothing to eat tomorrow. We are seeing massive hunger, suffering and death. And yet the world looks the other way," Noor said.
The international community must act now to prevent even more people from dying, Noor added.
More than 2.9 million children in Sudan are currently reported to be acutely malnourished. A further 729,000 children under the age of five are at risk of death from severe acute malnutrition.
Since the conflict began last April, the health system and food production have largely collapsed and prices for basic foodstuffs have risen by 45%.
The power struggle between Sudan's de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, now rival, Mohammed Hamdan Daglo has also triggered what the UN estimates to be the world's largest refugee crisis with around eight million refugees.
The two generals seized power together in 2021, but later fell out.
