STORY: UN humanitarians sound alarm over escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 25, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:04
LOCATION: Khartoum
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of displaced Sudanese citizens
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): FARDOUS HAROUN, Displaced Sudanese citizen
3. various of displaced Sudanese citizens
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HUSSEIN ABDUL JALIL, Displaced Sudanese citizen
5. various of displaced Sudanese citizens
6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): FAWZIYA ABDUL SALAM, Displaced Sudanese citizen

STORYLINE:

Sudan is now facing the world's most severe hunger crisis, with over half of its population, nearly 26 million people, suffering high levels of acute hunger, warned UN humanitarians on Wednesday.
   
Famine has been confirmed in North Darfur State's Zamzam camp, with many other areas at risk, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a statement. Nearly 5 million children and pregnant and breastfeeding women have been acutely malnourished, it added.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): FARDOUS HAROUN, Displaced Sudanese citizen
"We live on the street. The situation is extremely bad. We got here after great difficulty, where we lived on streets and slept in markets."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HUSSEIN ABDUL JALIL, Displaced Sudanese citizen
"The condition we are suffering is very difficult. My entire family live in a shelter center. Before coming to the shelter, we have moved to many places, including the Al-Hawata area, and now in Gedaref, with all my children."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): FAWZIYA ABDUL SALAM, Displaced Sudanese citizen
"Families were scattered, while each person went out on his own. One of my sons went missing and until now we do not know what happened to him, and though we posted his disappearance on Facebook, we did not receive any news about him."
   
Since April 15, 2023, Sudan has been embroiled in a violent conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The conflict has resulted in approximately 20,000 deaths, thousands of injuries, and the displacement of millions, according to a press release published Tuesday on OCHA's website.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Khartoum.
(XHTV)