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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Mat Nashed

Why are people starving in Sudan’s el-Fasher?

A displaced woman prepares food, following Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks on the Zamzam displacement camp, as she shelters in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on April 16, 2025 [Stringer/Reuters]

Sudan’s 27-month civil war is being compounded by a hunger crisis affecting the vulnerable, especially the people trapped in North Darfur’s capital, el-Fasher.

Despite numerous pleas for help from the people within, aid agencies say they have been denied access to el-Fasher.

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