Sudan’s national military rejects famine assessment

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC released a UN-supported declaration that there’s a spreading famine in Sudan. On Sunday, the Sudanese government rejected this declaration, calling it “speculative.” Kholood Khair, the founder of the Confluence Advisory think tank from Sudan, explains what’s really going on, and why the military is seeking to undermine the famine assessment.

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