The Starvation Issue in Displacement Camps is Made Worse by Sudan’s War

International hunger experts said Tuesday that the ongoing conflict between the military and a paramilitary organization in Sudan is causing famine and creating the greatest displacement disaster in history.

The largest displacement camp in Sudan, Zamzam, in the North Darfur province, where famine was initially declared in August, is one of five locations in the Northeastern African nation where experts from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, stated they had found famine. According to the UN, the 20-month conflict in Sudan has killed over 24,000 people and displaced over 14 million people, or around 30% of the country’s population.

An estimated 3.2 million of them have entered neighbouring countries like South Sudan, Egypt, and Chad. Long-simmering tensions between its military and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted into open combat in the capital, Khartoum, in April 2023, sparking the start of the war. From there, it moved to other cities and the western Darfur region.

According to the UN and rights organizations, the war has been characterized by crimes, such as rape and killings motivated by ethnicity. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has looked into atrocities as possible crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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