These comments reflect what is being observed just in government held areas. ACT International Unofficial reports indicate that during the peak of the famine, up to 80 people were dying of malnutrition each day in Wau, the capital of the Bahr el Ghazal region in the south. Meanwhile aid workers continue to see not just widespread signs of malnutrition in Bahr al Ghazal where they have been working, but also receiving reports of hunger in the otherwise inaccessible Nuba Mountains. The Nuba have for years been cut off from aid and contact with the international community by the government. With this, the number of those facing starvation may rise to as high as 2.5 million.
Food insecurity is of prime concern in terms of both availability and accessibility.
No surplus production of subsistence crops Import of foreign seeds as relief, which sometimes leads to low germination rates Insufficient food sources during cultivation Poor market economy compounded by poor infrastructure More than two million Sudanese have died in Sudan since 1983 from the war and famine. Five million more Sudanese are internal refugees within Sudan. International human rights and relief agencies rate Sudan as among the five countries in the world with the worst score on the human suffering index. The Sudanese are some of the very poorest people on earth, yet they are some of the most generous and hospitable, willingly sharing whatever food and drink they may have with those around them. Unemployment is very high.