KHARTOUM, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's poverty rate has surged from 21 percent to 71 percent due to the ongoing conflict, leaving 23 million citizens below the poverty line, the official SUNA news agency reported Saturday. The ministry is coordinating with the Central Bank of Sudan to ease financing conditions and increase lending limits for small-scale projects to support families and revive the economy, he added. According to a Nov. 3 report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a multi-stakeholder global initiative aimed at enhancing food security and nutrition analysis to inform decisions, 21.2 million people, or 45 percent of Sudan's population, faced high levels of acute food insecurity in September, with famine conditions reported in El Fasher and Kadugli.
Author: Zakaria Abdelnaeem
Published at: 2025-11-08 20:21:00
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