46 deaths from malnutrition in two months in South Kordofan

CAIRO – 23 August 2025: A total of 46 people has died from malnutrition in two months in South Kordofan, while nearly 19,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women remain in urgent need of nutrition, announced the Sudan Doctors Network on Saturday.

The Sudan Doctors Network has documented the deaths of 46 people from malnutrition during July and August in South Kordofan State, the majority of whom were women and children. More than 18,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are in urgent need of additional nutrition, underscoring that the crisis in the state has reached a critical stage, the network added.

The Network affirmed that starving civilians and using food as a weapon of war constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes under international law. The humanitarian situation is catastrophic in the cities of Kadugli and Dilling.

The Sudan Doctors Network strongly condemned the continued siege and deliberate starvation of civilians. It demanded the immediate lifting of the blockade and the opening of safe humanitarian corridors to allow the unrestricted delivery of food and medicine. The Network urgently appealed to local, regional, and international authorities, the World Health Organization, and all relevant humanitarian agencies to intervene without delay to save the lives of pregnant and breastfeeding women and children before it is too late.