The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs has warned that 14.3 million Sudanese, representing about 30% of the country’s population, will need food aid during 2022, an increase of 800,000 from this year.
And the Office of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement, according to what was reported by Agence France-Presse, today, Monday, that “the humanitarian partners estimated the number of those who need food assistance during 2022 at about 14.3 million people out of 47.9 million people.
He also added that this number represents an increase of 800,000 people over the year 2021, “the highest number in a decade.” The war that broke out in 2003 left 300,000 dead and 2.5 million displaced, according to the United Nations.
More than a million refugees
It is noteworthy that Sudan hosts 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers, 68% of whom are from South Sudan, which seceded in 2011.
However, the country is suffering from a severe economic crisis and an annual inflation rate of nearly 400%.
It has also been going through a political crisis since October 25, when the army imposed a state of emergency and dissolved the government before it signed on November 21 a political agreement with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok that enabled him to return to his post on November 21.
In addition, the country lacks infrastructure, while struggling to benefit from millions of hectares of arable land after losing oil revenues following the secession of South Sudan.
