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Famine spreads to more towns in Sudan’s Darfur region, hunger experts warn as war rages on
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FILE - People fill water containers at a free distribution point due to water outages in Khartoum, Sudan, on Jan. 30, 2026. - photo by AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File
CAIRO (AP) — Famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there, a global hunger monitoring group said Thursday. The announcement came after the group said last year that people in Darfur’s major city of el-Fasher, overrun by the paramilitary forces after an 18-month siege, were enduring famine. Since April 2023, war has gripped much of Sudan after a power struggle erupted between the East African country’s military and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.