A group of countries and the United Nations say food aid is on the way to an area of Sudan that is facing famine. The joint statement comes at the conclusion of more than a week of talks in Geneva, Switzerland that were aimed at calming the country’s grinding conflict, but that failed to bring together the two warring sides.
People sit in front of their home damaged by floods in Meroe, north of Khartoum , Sudan , Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. A man pauses as he looks over his home, damaged by floods in Meroe, north of Khartoum , Sudan , Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello, left, sitting next to Head of Saudi Arabian delegation Ali bin Hassan Jafar attend a news conference at a cessation of hostilities in Sudan , at the U.S. Mission in Geneva , Switzerland, Friday, August 23, 2024.
International experts use set criteria to confirm famines. Formal declarations of famines are usually made by the countries themselves or the United Nations.Sudan’s paramilitary fighters killed 85 people in an attack on a central village, residents sayAid workers were last able to get humanitarian relief to the trapped civilians at the camps in Darfur in April.
Both sides have traded accusations of attacking civilians and obstructing aid since the country’s war started in April 2023. Tensions between the military and the RSF turned into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, before spreading across the country.
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