WORLD IN BRIEF : SUDAN : Crisis Level Seen in Growing Famine
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Famine has reached crisis proportions in Sudan where up to 11 million people face severe hunger and hundreds of thousands may die, U.S. officials said. Sudan has the most serious situation of six African nations experiencing food shortages, the officials told a House panel on hunger. Between 33 million and 35 million Africans are at risk in Sudan, Mozambique, Angola, Liberia, Ethiopia and Somalia. Officials said Africa’s problems have been overshadowed by the plight of Kurdish refugees.
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