By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Food rations will be reduced for communities facing famine in Sudan from next month due to severe funding shortages, the United Nations World Food ‍Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

A war that erupted in 2023 between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has caused what the U.N. has described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Communities in the Darfur region are facing famine and malnutrition following an 18-month RSF siege around the city of Al-Fashir.

“We will ‌be having to reduce from January to 70% rations ‌for communities that are facing famine, and 50% for those that are at risk of famine,” Ross Smith, the WFP Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response told reporters in Geneva, speaking via video l

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