The specter of hunger threatens 40% of Sudan’s population

Volker Peretz, Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Support Mission in Sudan, Volker Peretz, warned of the danger of starvation threatening millions of Sudanese as a result of the violence in the Darfur region, calling for increased international assistance to the country. And others regions, with political and economic crisis, climate repercussions and crop failures threatening 40% of Sudan’s population with starvation,” he said, calling for more international humanitarian assistance.