INTRODUCTION SUDAN NAMIBIA MAURITANIA MADAGASCAR MALI MALAWI LIBERIA GUINEA-BISSAU KENYA IVORY COAST ETHIOPIA GUINEA GUINEA DJIBOUTI ERITREA CHAD DEMOCRATIC REP. OF CONGO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CAMEROON BURUNDI BURUNDI BURKINA FASO BENIN ANGOLA SENEGAL NIGER RWANDA RWANDA SOMALIA REPUBLIC OF CONGO TOGO SIERRA LEONE LESOTHO MOZAMBIQUE SWAZILAND ZIMBABWE ZAMBIA TANZANIA UGANDA

Low graphics|Accessibility help
BBC News
watch One-Minute World News
News Front Page
Africa
Americas
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Middle East
South Asia
UK
Business
Health
Science & Environment
Technology
Entertainment
Also in the news
-----------------
Video and Audio
-----------------
Programmes
Have Your Say
In Pictures
Country Profiles
Special Reports
RELATED BBC SITES
 Africa's food crisis main index
Mapping the crisis

Map of most hungry people in Africa

SUDAN

Estimated population: 36.23m

Projected number needing food aid: 6.1m

Key underlying reasons:

  • Conflict in western Darfur region has displaced 2m people
  • South recovering from long-running civil war
  • Drought in parts
Where farming is taking place, it is on a very small scale with most people cultivating with a simple hand tool called a 'maloda'.

Related story
Sudan: Starting from scratch

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

News Front Page | World | UK | England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Politics
Business | Entertainment | Science/Nature | Technology | Health | Education
Have Your Say | Magazine | In Pictures | Week at a Glance | Country Profiles | In Depth | Programmes
Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific