The United Nations appealed Friday for Sudan’s battling factions to allow delivery of humanitarian relief to fend off looming “catastrophic” hunger.

Some five million Sudanese could face calamitous food insecurity in coming
months as a nearly yearlong war between rival generals continues to tear the
country apart, according to a UN document seen Friday by AFP.

The war between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy,
Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since April last year killed tens of thousands,
destroyed infrastructure and crippled the economy.

It has also triggered a dire humanitarian crisis and acute food shortages,
with the country teetering on the brink of famine.