Acute malnutrition has reached famine levels in two more areas of North Darfur, Sudan, a global hunger monitor said.

The Sudanese army said it broke a years-long siege on the city of Kadugli, potentially providing people a reprieve from famine.

At a clinic in Sudan's North Darfur patients described a desperate escape from the city of al-Fashir as it was captured last week.

A global hunger monitor on Monday confirmed famine conditions in al-Fashir, the Sudanese city taken by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Sudan’s war, raging since April 2023, has devastated the nation—splitting it in two, fueling genocide, famine, and a worsening humanitarian crisis.

The World Food Programme (WFP), an international organisation within the UN that provides food assistance worldwide, urged safe passage for food aid to Sudan's North Darfur and South Kordofan states.