Sudan: ‘We Can Only Die Once, So What’s There to Fear?’ in War-Stricken Sudan, Truck Drivers Persevere to Tackle Famine

In November, World Food Programme trucks finally arrived at the famine-stricken Zamzam camp in North Darfur and other hard-to-reach locations – this is how

Little Ahmed hasn’t eaten a proper meal in days. He’s lucky when he gets anything to eat at all. Like many here at Zamzam camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) – one of several areas in Sudan where famine was confirmed in 2024 – he survives on leftover paste from the production of peanut oil.

Ahmed and his three siblings are orphans,…