The FRC warns that other parts of Sudan risk famine if concerted action is not taken. A determination of famine means that people, including children, have already started dying of hunger and related conditions including malnutrition and infection. Severely restricted humanitarian access is one of the main drivers of the famine conditions in Zamzam. “We urgently need a massive expansion of humanitarian access so we can halt the famine that has taken hold in North Darfur and stop it sweeping across Sudan. In 2024, UNICEF and partners reached 5.2 million children and families with safe drinking water, 3.3 million people with critical health supplies, almost 2.8 million children with malnutrition screening – over 133,600 with lifesaving treatment.
