More than half a million people in Sudan risk starvation and sickness if aid does not reach them, the United Nations office in the country warned Thursday.
Infant mortality is on the increase.
Concern Worldwide said it planned to fly 220 tons of grain to the mountains where nearly half of the population was at risk because of drought and civil war displacement. It was not immediately clear if the United Nations was referring to the Nuba mountains in its statement on drought-stricken areas. No government official could be reached for comment on the U.N. statement Thursday because of the late hour. However, the statement indicated the government supported the U.N. appeal for aid. The United Nations, in coordination with the government, is requesting dlrs 50,449,427 to assist people affected by drought in central and western Sudan, the statement said.