‘Dire crisis for children’ in Sudan, aid groups warn as millions more go hungry

Children play at a university that has become a shelter in al-Hasaheisa, 80 miles south of Khartoum. Sudan’s conflict has displaced 4m people so far. Photograph: AFP/Getty

The past four months of fighting in Sudan has pushed millions into food insecurity – with an additional 1.5 million children expected to fall into crisis levels of hunger by September – as aid agencies say they are struggling to reach people.

Up to 17,000 children a day have been falling into crisis levels of hunger, Save the Children warned on Tuesday. With 4 million people displaced so far, the charity said more people were facing hunger in Sudan than at any point since records there began in 2012.