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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of looming famine in Sudan’s besieged city of El-Fasher, where 300,000 civilians are trapped and cut off from aid. The WFP says it hasn’t been able to deliver food to the city for over a year due to blockades by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have surrounded El-Fasher in a 16-month battle to seize it from Sudan’s army.
Local reports confirm that people are already dying from starvation. Some residents are surviving on animal fodder and food waste, while malnourished children are reportedly “reduced to skin and bones,” according to UNICEF.
WFP says it has trucks loaded with aid ready to go, but while the Sudanese government has granted access, the RSF has yet to approve a humanitarian pause to let supplies in. A ceasefire proposal in June collapsed after a UN convoy was attacked—each side blaming the other.
UN data shows nearly 40% of children under five in and around El-Fasher are acutely malnourished. Over a million people have fled the city and nearby areas like Zamzam camp, which was taken by the RSF in April.
“The coping mechanisms are gone. Without immediate and sustained access, lives will be lost,” said WFP regional director Eric Perdison.
UNICEF warns that the crisis threatens to cause permanent harm to an entire generation of Sudanese children—not for lack of aid, but due to a failure to act.
