Sudan's Hunger Does Not Need a Famine Label
Bread is becoming more expensive and harder to find throughout Sudan. Aid agencies are reducing their operations. Over 30 governments have warned that famine could return in a few months. Conversely, the foreign ministry of Sudan has described the food situation as reassuring. This disagreement over the term famine may obscure a simpler reality. People on both sides of the front line are already hungry. Institutions meant to treat these people are being bombed.
Bread is getting scarcer and dearer across Sudan, aid agencies are being cut back, and more than 30 governments have just warned that famine could return within months. Sudan's own foreign ministry has called the food situation reassuring. The argument over the word famine is real, but it risks hiding something simpler. People are already going hungry on both sides of the front line, and the institutions that should treat them are being bombed.