War in Sudan: Two-thirds of the internally displaced do not have enough food

More than two-thirds of the families who were forced to leave their homes and took refuge in eastern Sudan are unable to obtain sufficient food, a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) highlights, a summary of a report of which was released yesterday Friday, calls for an international mobilization for to help communities “on the brink of collapse”. Based on a survey of more than 8,600 households in six states of eastern Sudan, a report by the non-governmental organization found that 70% of IDP families and 56% of host families “are unable to purchase sufficient food due to of a large increase in prices and loss of revenue’. The vast majority of families hosting internally displaced persons (95%) and displaced persons (76%) also reported that they had not received any food assistance in the past six months, the text highlights. The situation in the towns and villages of eastern Sudan “was already fragile,” according to Will Carter, director of […]
Source: News Beast

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