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US, EU and 30 countries warn of famine risk in Sudan, call for aid
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US, EU and 30 countries warn of famine risk in Sudan, call for aid

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Countries also urge Sudan’s warring parties to ‘lift all impediments on humanitarian assistance’.

The United States, the European Union and 30 countries have warned of an “alarming deterioration” in food security in Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to prevent famine in the African country.

In a joint statement released by the US State Department on Monday, the signatories called on the groups fighting Sudan’s civil war “to lift all impediments on humanitarian assistance”.

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