One year into its ‘forgotten war’, Sudan is a ‘blood-soaked playground’ with famine on the horizon

A displaced Sudanese woman rests at a shelter in Port Sudan, one of more than 8.5 million people forced to flee their homes by the conflict. Photo: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters

Ben Farmer
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Deaths in Sudan could reach 10,000 per day in the coming months if the mass displacement of people caused by a year-long civil war sparks famine.

The dire projection, which represents a worst-case scenario and would put the conflict on a par with the worst days of the Battle of the Somme, was being urgently debated by Western envoys and diplomats this week.