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Conflict-ridden Sudan facing looming hunger catastrophe

A chef prepares a traditional dish of the Beja tribes at an open air cafe in Port Sudan.[VOA]

As Sudan marks eight months of a horrific war that has killed more than 12,000 people and displaced 6.6 million, United Nations food agencies are warning of a looming hunger catastrophe by next year's lean season, when food stocks will be at their lowest.

A new analysis released Friday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification - a scientific evaluation of food security - warns that nearly 18 million people across Sudan face acute hunger.

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