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Driven to starvation, Sudanese people eat weeds and plants to survive as war rages
- In Sudan, many people are turning to weeds and wild plants to relieve hunger pangs as war continues and food scarcity increases.
- Residents consume these plants out of desperation, sometimes boiling them in saltwater due to a lack of other food options.
- Some individuals are resorting to sucking on coal to alleviate hunger.
- A.H. expressed hope in his poem amid despair, stating, "you, Koro, were a symbol of life and a title of loyalty.
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With Sudan plunged into war and millions of people trying to find something to eat, many turn to weeds and wild plants to calm the pangs of hunger. They boil them in water with salt because, simply, there is nothing else. Grateful for the sustenance it provided, a retired 60-year-old teacher composed a love poem about a plant called jadija koro. It was "a balm for us that spread through the spaces of fear," he wrote, and prevented him and many o…
Driven to starvation, Sudanese people eat weeds – Asian News from UK
Food insecurity is especially bad in areas in the Kordofan region, the Nuba Mountains, and Darfur, where El Fasher and Zamzam camp are inaccessible to the Norwegian Refugee Council With Sudan in the grips of war and millions struggling to find enough to eat, many are turning to weeds and wild plants to quiet their pangs of hunger. They boil the plants in water with salt because, simply, there is nothing else. Grateful for the lifeline it offered…
Driven to starvation, Sudanese turn to weeds, leaves, and coal to survive
With war grinding through its second year and food supplies collapsing, millions of Sudanese are surviving on weeds, wild plants, and even coal to ease their hunger, aid workers say. In displacement camps like Wad Almajzoub in Gezira state, families boil foraged greens in salted water — often their only meal of the day. Some have resorted to peanut husks normally fed to livestock. “We’ve received reports of people eating grass, people eating lea…
At Least 40 Killed in Sudanese Hospital Attack Amid Civil War
(Human Events)—At least 40 people, including children and healthcare workers, were killed in an airstrike on Al-Mujlad Hospital in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, according to health officials and civil society groups. The attack took place on Saturday near an active front in Sudan’s ongoing civil war. The World Health Organization condemned the strike, calling it “another appalling attack” on medical infrastructure in the conflict. “We cannot say …
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