Sudan Famine: El-fasher and Kadugli, cities of death

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00:00The worst fears have been confirmed. War-torn Sudan is no longer facing just

00:06a hunger crisis. It is grappling with an officially declared famine.

00:12The crisis today is the result of a civil war that erupted on April 15, 2023.

00:19Between two former allies, the Regular Sudanese Armed Forces and the Paramilitary Rapid Support

00:26Forces . The core reason? A brutal power struggle over the country's military

00:34and political future. The RSF, which evolved from the infamous Janjaweed militias,

00:41quickly focused its fight on the Darfur region. In a devastating new assessment,

00:48the integrated food security phase classification has confirmed famine conditions in two critical

00:55areas, the Darfur city of El-Fashir and Kandugli in South Kordofan. This marks the second time

01:06famine has been confirmed in Sudan in less than a year. The declaration comes in the immediate aftermath

01:13of the RSF seizing full control of El-Fashir, the last stronghold of the rival Sudanese military

01:22in Darfur. The humanitarian fallout is catastrophic. The United Nations reports that nearly 71,000 people

01:31have fled El-Fashir and surrounding areas in a desperate dash for safety since the RSF takeover.

01:38They are walking for days, arriving in nearby camps like Tawila, which is already critically overcrowded,

01:46exhausted, malnourished, and terrified. Survivors report systemic atrocities, including mass executions,

01:57sexual violence, and targeted ethnic cleansing, as the RSF consolidates power across Darfur,

02:05mirroring the dark patterns of the region's past. Aid workers warn that food, medicine,

02:12and relief supplies are systemically blocked. El-Fashir and Kandugli are under siege,

02:19with trapped families reportedly surviving on nothing but leaves, animal feed, and grass.

02:26The latest figures reveal that a staggering 21 million people across Sudan are now facing critical

02:32levels of acute hunger. But more terrifyingly, at least 375,000 people are pushed into phase 5

02:42famine conditions, meaning they are facing starvation and imminent death. International bodies are pleading

02:51for immediate and robust action to ensure humanitarian access and to stop the flow of weapons.

02:58As Sudan faces what the UN describes as one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century,

03:06the question is no longer if the world will hurt, but when, before this silent famine becomes a total collapse.