Sudan’s Aid Block Risks ‘Full-Scale Famine,’ Rice of U.S. Says
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The U.S. today warned that Sudan’s oil-rich Southern Kordofan is on the verge of a “full-scale famine” unless the government in Khartoum stops blocking aid.
“This conflict has affected more than 500,000 people, and if there is not a substantial new inflow of aid by March” the situation in Southern Kordofan will be “one step short of full-scale famine,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told reporters in New York.