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WFP Sudan External Situation Report January 2025

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• Over 1.9 million people across Sudan are either experiencing famine or at risk, and without urgent humanitarian assistance, hundreds of thousands could face life-threatening consequences due to hunger.

• Half the population of Sudan (24.6 million people) remain acutely food insecure. Acute malnutrition rates are over double the emergency threshold in some areas; millions of children are at risk. Sudan has the highest number of people in the world in IPC 5.

• In 2024, over 8 million people received critical food, cash and nutrition assistance across the country.

• In 2025, contingent on access and sufficient financial resources, WFP will continue to scale up its operations, targeting up to 4.5 million people by March and 6 million people by end of yea