The world's leading authority on food crises says it has detected famine in two areas of war-torn Sudan, including the city of El Fasher where paramilitary groups have reportedly been carrying out mass killings.

In its report Monday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said famine is occurring in El Fasher and Kadugli, cities in the Darfur region and South province, respectively.

The IPC says both areas have suffered "total collapse of livelihoods, starvation, extremely high levels of malnutrition, and death."

Twenty other areas in Darfur and South Kordofan, where fighting has intensified in recent months, are also at risk of famine.

El Fasher had been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for 18 months, cutting off much of the food and other s

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