Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis Deepens: Two Cities Confirmed in Famine Following Extended Military Sieges

Nov 04, 2025 02:54 am CST

The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has officially confirmed famine conditions in al-Fashir and Kadugli, two Sudanese cities besieged during the country's ongoing civil war. The crisis, resulting from a 30-month conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army, has left 21.2 million people facing acute food insecurity while International Criminal Court prosecutors gather evidence of alleged mass killings following al-Fashir's fall to paramilitary forces.