Starvation in war-hit Sudan 'almost everywhere', WHO director tells BBC

The head of the UN health agency says the world's attention to Sudan is "really low" and race is a factor.

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"The situation in Sudan is very alarming... the massive displacement - it's now the largest in the world, and, of course, famine," director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

He said 12 million people were already displaced, adding that attention in the global community to Sudan was "really low" and race was a factor.

Thousands of people have been killed since a civil war broke out in April 2023 between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

"Imagine: destruction, displacement, diseases everywhere, and now famine," Dr Tedros told the BBC.

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