And the deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general, Farhan Haq, said the WFP “expects the number of severely food-insecure people in Sudan to increase to between 2 and 2.5 million people. “.
“In May 2023, taking into account the current conflict, we can estimate that the total number (of these people) will increase to 19 million in the period of the next three to six months if the conflict continues,” he added.
According to the Food Program report in early 2023, 16.8 million Sudanese out of an estimated total population of 45 million were acutely food insecure, an increase of one million people from the previous year.
The United Nations has warned that the most affected Sudanese states will be West Darfur, Kordofan, Blue Nile, Red Sea and North Darfur states.
The report said that as of March 2023, 14.8 million Sudanese families were unable to afford the basic “food basket”, considering this an “alarming statistic indeed”.
And he warned that if the conflict continues, the price of the basket could increase by 25% in the three to six month period, which could bring the number of families unable to obtain it to 18 million families.
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