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Sudan Government Rejects UN-backed Famine Declaration

People cheer as Sudan's de facto leader, armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrives at the market in Port Sudan (Credit: AFP)

The Sudanese government strongly rejected on Sunday a report backed by the United Nations which determined that famine had spread to five areas of the war-torn country.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) review, which UN agencies use, follows repeated warnings from the United Nations, other aid groups and the United States about the hunger situation in the northeast African country.

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