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Starvation stalking Sudan's Darfur region as fighting intensifies

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Emergency food being distributed by the World Food Program and World Relief in Kulbus, West Darfur, Sudan, in March 2024. [AFP]

The World Food Program warned Friday that time is running out to prevent starvation in Sudan's Darfur region, as intensifying clashes in North Darfur's capital are preventing aid deliveries to the wider Darfur region.

"The situation is dire," WFP Sudan spokesperson Leni Kinzli told reporters in a briefing from Nairobi, Kenya. "People are resorting to consuming grass and peanut shells, and if assistance doesn't reach them soon, we risk witnessing widespread starvation and death in Darfur and across other conflict areas in Sudan."

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