August 1, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield has expressed deep concern over the official declaration of famine in Sudan’s Zamzam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, urging the warring factions to allow the free flow of humanitarian aid. An assessment by the Famine Review Committee (FRC) of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) concluded that famine conditions are prevalent in parts of North Darfur, including the Zamzam camp in El Fasher. As such, displacement and humanitarian access constraints due to war in Sudan has resulted in famine in a camp for hundreds of thousands of displaced people in North Darfur. The Zamzam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, south of El Fasher town is one of the largest IDP camps with an estimated population of at least 500,000. The situation has been worsened by the escalating violence in Sudan, which has been persisting for over 15 months now, severely impeding humanitarian access. “This official declaration by the Famine Review Committee confirms what we already knew: people are dying, and have been dying, in Sudan from starvation,” Thomas-Greenfield, said in a statement. She called on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support …

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