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Sudan’s famine worsens as civil war intensifies: ‘We have nothing to eat but animal feed’

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Over the last two and a half years, a brutal civil war between the Sudan Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands. Over 14 million Sudanese, more than a quarter of the population, have been displaced by the war. Stephanie Sy reports on the city of El Fasher in Darfur, which has faced famine for over a year. A warning, images in this story are disturbing. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

This week, at least 40 people have been killed by Sudan's paramilitary rapid support forces

0:07.0

as fighting intensified in the Western Darfur region.

0:10.0

Over the last nearly two and a half years, a brutal civil war between that paramilitary

0:15.0

RSF and the Sudanese armed forces has killed tens of thousands of people and created

0:20.0

the largest hunger and displacement

0:22.4

crisis in the world. Over 14 million people, more than a quarter of the population, have

0:28.1

been displaced within and outside of Sudan. And the city of El Fasher in Darfur faces famine

0:34.4

and has for over a year. Stephanie Syne brings us this update,

0:38.8

and a warning, some of the images in this story may be disturbing.

0:43.8

This is the way to El Fasher in Darfur, Western Sudan by donkey.

0:48.9

No aid enters here.

0:51.1

A generation of its children facing starvation, eating animal feet to ease the nighing hunger.

0:58.9

A famine was declared in the Zam-Zam camp in El Fasher more than a year ago.

1:04.0

We are suffering so much from no food, no water.

1:08.8

We are hungry.

1:10.0

Our children are naked. We have nothing to eat but animal feed. There is no water. We are hungry. Our children are naked. We have nothing to eat but animal

1:13.1

feed. There is no water. We have nothing. The risk of using animal feed to eat, it's dangerous

1:24.5

or health. We are in acute starving and acute hunger.

1:29.3

Mohamed El Duda works at Zam Zam.

1:33.3

With hundreds of thousands living here,

1:35.3

it's Sudan's largest internally displaced persons camp.

1:39.3

El Duda filmed these videos.

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