The war in Sudan is the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. Here’s how it started and the toll so far

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What to know about the war in Sudan

The conflict is in its third year, with the latest ceasefire talks going nowhere. Meanwhile, aid is falling far short of what’s needed Geoffrey York Africa Bureau Chief The Globe and Mail Published 15 minutes ago

A hole blasted by the Rapid Support Forces in the Aliaa Specialist Hospital in Omdurman, Sudan, in April, 2024. IVOR PRICKETT/The New York Times News Service

The catastrophic conflict in Sudan , now into its third year, is one of the deadliest in the world today.

The war has triggered the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. With famine already under way in some parts of the country, and with 25 million Sudanese people in need of food aid, it is considered the world’s worst hunger crisis. It also the world’s biggest di