NNA - Sudan’s nearly 11-month war between rival generals “risks triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” the United Nations’ World Food Program warned Wednesday.

The war between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has killed tens of thousands, destroyed infrastructure and crippled Sudan’s economy.

It has also uprooted more than eight million people, in addition to two million who had already been forced from their homes before the conflict -- making it the world’s largest displacement crisis.

Now, “millions of lives and the peace and stability of an entire region are at stake,” WFP executive director Cindy McCain said.

“Twenty years ago, Darfur was the world’s largest hunger crisis and the world rallied to respond,” she said, referring to the vast western region of Sudan.

“But today, the people of Sudan have been forgotten.” -- AFP

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