Some 24.6 million people—half of Sudan’s population—are experiencing food insecurity, which cements its status as the world’s worst hunger hot spot.

The world’s leading experts on hunger, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee, found that famine has spread in Sudan.

CAIRO — Famine is spreading in Sudan due to a war between the military and a notorious paramilitary group that has devastated the country and created the world’s largest displacement crisis, a global hunger monitoring group said Tuesday.

IPC report outlines famine in five areas, including in Sudan’s largest displacement camp, Zamzam, in North Darfur.

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War-hit Sudan is sliding into a "widening famine crisis" that has been marked by worsening starvation and a surge in acute malnutrition, an independent group of food security experts says. Famine has spread to five areas, with 24.6 million people - about half the population - in urgent need of food aid, the experts said.

Famine is worsening in Sudan due to ongoing conflict between the military and a paramilitary group, leading to massive displacement. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has declared famine in five areas,