The relentless war between generals for power that has been raging since April 15 in Sudan will have plunged another 1.5 million children into starvation by next month, the non-governmental organization Save the Children warned on Tuesday “).

According to the aid organization, even before the armed conflict broke out, 8 million minors were starving in the northeast African state, where 47% of the population (or about 23 million) are children.

“It is impossible to exaggerate the seriousness of the situation in Sudan. This is a desperate, acute crisis for children. We’re talking about millions of people who are forced to flee their homes, leave everything behind, and eat just one meal a day,” said Arif Nour, Save the Children’s Sudan director, according to a statement from the NGO.

The text highlights that the number of children facing starvation increases by 17,000 every day.

The war that broke out four months ago has forced more than 4.3 million people to flee their homes, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said yesterday. According to its latest figures, 3.2 million people are internally displaced and another 1.1 million have become refugees in neighboring states.

According to estimates by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, more than 4,000 people have been killed in the war. This account is undoubtedly an underestimate, which is partly due to the almost total paralysis of the health system.

The war involves the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary led by General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who had seized power together in a 2021 military coup but have now turned into sworn enemies.

On the battlefields, the situation is at an impasse and a diplomatic source recently emphasized that the conflict could “last for years”.