Global hunger monitor confirms famine in two Sudanese cities

A global hunger observatory on Monday confirmed famine conditions in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir which fell recently to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as well as in Kadugli, another besieged town in southern Sudan.

The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has previously only confirmed famine in camps for displaced people around the North Darfur capital, al-Fashir.

Thousands of civilians are continuing to flee…