FAMINE conditions have spread in Sudan’s North Darfur region and are likely to continue throughout October due to the ongoing civil war, which has been raging for over 15 months, a global authority on food security has warned.

Published on Thursday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report found that it is plausible that parts of North Darfur, especially the Zamzam camp, are experiencing “the worst form of hunger,” known as IPC Phase 5.

The IPC partnership comprises more than a dozen United Nations agencies, aid groups and governments that use it as a global reference for analysis of food and nutrition crises.