According to the United Nations, Sudan is currently experiencing its most severe food insecurity in 20 years.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday that Sudan is confronting its most severe food security crisis in twenty years.

Vanessa Huguenin, OCHA's public information officer, delivered this assessment during the UN agency's bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva, as documented by the UN News website.

"Over 60,000 individuals have fled due to conflict in the town of Singa in Sennar State, southeastern Sudan, amidst ongoing insecurity in the Abu Hajar and Dali areas," Huguenin stated.

The situation escalated further on Monday when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) asserted control over the headquarters of the 67th Infantry Brigade and the 165th Artillery Brigade in Singa, without a formal response from the Sudanese army.

A surge in displacement occurred as clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and RSF in Singa were reported on Sunday, resulting in significant population movements.

Huguenin noted that "most of those displaced are heading eastward into neighboring Gedaref State following clashes," emphasizing that "women, children, and entire families are being compelled to flee, abandoning all their possessions," amidst worsening conditions nationwide.

She reiterated that Sudan is currently experiencing its "most severe food insecurity crisis in twenty years."

The conflict, which erupted in April 2023 between army General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo over disagreements concerning the RSF's integration into the regular military, has claimed nearly 16,000 lives, displaced millions, and exacerbated a profound humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, according to UN estimates.