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WFP warns of worsening hunger crisis in Sudan

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FILE - Smoke rises in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 22, 2023. Fighting between Sudan's army and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces has deepened the country's hunger crisis. [VOA]

The World Food Program warned Wednesday about what it called a "deepening hunger crisis" in Sudan where months of conflict, high food prices and lower crop yields have left an increasing number of people without enough to eat.

The U.N. agency said already during the current harvest season the number of people going hungry is at the highest levels on record, despite being the months in which food supply is generally at its highest.

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