00:00The UN is referring to the three-year conflict in Sudan as, quote, an abandoned crisis,
00:06warning that the scale of atrocities has so far failed to make the world react.
00:11Briefing reporters virtually from Khartoum, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Sudan,
00:17Denise Brown, said the situation has become a cycle of suffering with no end in sight,
00:23particularly for women and girls.
00:25A plea from me, please don't call this a forgotten crisis.
00:28I'm referring to this as an abandoned crisis.
00:32The warning comes as Sudan marks three years since sliding into chaos
00:36when a power struggle between the military and paramilitary rapid support forces broke out into a civil war.
00:43According to the World Food Programme, some 21.2 million people are facing acute hunger.
00:49Three years of war in Sudan have created the world's largest humanitarian crisis.
00:54The conflict has ravaged livelihoods, uprooted communities and driven millions of people into hunger.
01:01Famine still stalks parts of this country.
01:04Aid workers, trucks and warehouses continue to come under attack,
01:08putting the lives of our colleagues at risk and disrupting our assistance.
01:13The WFP warned that Sudan's hunger crisis now risks being worsened by the escalation of the conflict in the Middle
01:20East
01:21as disruptions in the Red Sea delay critical imports and push up the cost of food, fill and fertilizer.
01:30The WFP warned that Sudan's hunger crisis now risks being worsened by the
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