A newly confirmed famine at one of the sprawling camps for war-displaced people in Sudan’s Darfur region is rapidly escalating, with U.S. officials warning that it could surpass the world’s last major famine 13 years ago. The U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.N. World Food Program, and other humanitarian agencies are urgently calling for a cease-fire and aid access across Sudan.
The Famine Review Committee formally confirmed the starvation in at least one of the three giant makeshift camps, housing up to 600,000 people displaced by Sudan's ongoing war, had escalated into a full-blown famine. This marks only the third famine declaration in the committee's 20-year history.
