The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Fierce fighting between rival generals raged on in Sudan Tuesday despite the latest truce, as warnings multiplied of the potential for a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis with hundreds of thousands of refugees. Bloodshed has gripped Sudan since April 15 when tensions erupted into armed exchanges between regular army chief Abdel Fattah…

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said officials and military assets would remain around Port Sudan to help Britons.

Government ends evacuation flights from Wadi Saeedna airfield because of a lack of Britons coming forward and volatile situation on the ground

Britain said on Monday it was exploring options to provide humanitarian assistance to Sudan in coordination with its international allies, the United Nations and NGOs, after a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from the northeast African country.

The Foreign Office said UK armed forces had helped 1,000 people from allied countries leave the war-torn African nation as well as Britons.

(This May 1 story has been refiled to fix a typographical error in paragraph 17)

Critical shortages of basic goods including water, and bodies piling in streets creating ‘environmental catastrophe’

Civilians are helping Sudan’s most vulnerable via food banks, donations, logistical coordination and medical support.

When bridges closed in her area of Sudan's capital Khartoum, Palestinian medical student Nour Kullab thought it was just another protest.