More than 600,000 people are affected by drought in the north and south of the country, and another 2.4 million people are affected by the ongoing civil war. He said that parts of Sudan were experiencing the driest season in living memory, even compared to 1984. Hyder said he had just returned from Northern Darfur and Kordofan states in western Sudan, where lack of water was a serious problem.
Water has to be purchased at high prices.
Pastoralists cannot sustain their livestock. Distress sales have resulted in livestock prices plummeting to such an extent that very little grain can be purchased in return. Mansoor warned that there would be a disaster in Sudan unless donors responded promptly on humanitarian grounds to the needs of the people . The material contained on this Web site comes to you via IRIN, a UN humanitarian information unit, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources.