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Sudan war is world's 'worst humanitarian crisis', the African Union says

Sudanese, displaced from the town of Sinjah, queue to receive food portions at their makeshift camp in the eastern city of Gedaref on 22 August 2024. AFP - EBRAHIM HAMID

African Union officials have described Sudan's civil war the "worst humanitarian crisis in the world" and warned it was leaving hundreds of thousands of children malnourished. This as the organisation's annual summit is set to open this weekend.

The Sudanese army has been at war since April 2023 with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a conflict that has displaced around 12 million people, the AU and the International Rescue Committee (ICR) said.

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