Authorities in Dalami County in the Nuba Mountains region have warned of severe hunger in the area due to the influx of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Khartoum.

The war that broke out in Sudan last year has caused displacement of thousands of families, some of whom have returned to their home villages in the Nuba Mountains region.

Sudan Relief Rehabilitation Agency (SRRA) representative Hamed Mamun Bringi told Radio Tamazuj on Monday in an interview that thousands of IDPs from Khartoum, where the conflict broke out, have poured into Dalami County.

Mamun said there are more than 4,900 families with a population of over 29,800 in six camps spread around Dalami County. Mamun added that the IDPS from Dilling, Kuritallah, Alfiw and Habila who have escaped to Dalami County, are also suffering from a lack of food.

Dalami County, like the rest of the places in the Nuba Mountains region, experienced poor rainfall and locust infestation last year. 

Mamun said that at least 625 families had their farms destroyed by locusts in the area, and more than 73,700 people did not harvest. He emphasized that the poor harvest is a severe threat in the area, plus the IDPs who have escaped from the conflict areas without food.

The war in Sudan that began a year ago between the country’s military, chaired by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo marked one year today.

The conflict has killed thousands and forced eight million people to flee their homes to safer areas inside Sudan or to neighbouring countries, according to United Nations figures.

But the precarious conditions and lack of aid is pushing Sudan to the edge of famine.