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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julian Borger in Washington

Sudan on precipice of famine ‘beyond imagination’, says outgoing UN aid chief

People form a line
People form a line for a potential food aid delivery in Agari, Sudan. More than 750,000 people face the most catastrophic form of food emergency, while 8.5 million more face acute malnutrition. Photograph: Guy Peterson/AFP/Getty Images

Sudan is facing horror “beyond imagination”, the outgoing UN aid chief has warned, with 750,000 people under imminent threat of famine and with conditions in danger of worsening even further.

The British diplomat Martin Griffiths will retire from his job as the UN’s undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs at a time when famine on a historic scale is looming over Sudan and Gaza.

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