Jane-Ann McKenna: In Sudan, 5m are on the brink of starvation — we have no time to lose

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According to the UN, communities in more than 40 hunger hotspots are at high risk of slipping into famine in the coming month, including in war-torn parts of Aj Jazirah, Darfur, Khartoum and Kordofan.File picture: Sam Mednick/AP Photo

Today in Sudan, some 25m people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection. At least 5m people are also teetering on the brink of starvation. 

According to the UN, communities in more than 40 hunger hotspots are at high risk of slipping into famine in the coming month, including in war-torn parts of Aj Jazirah, Darfur, Khartoum and Kordofan.