Sudan is 'Hungriest Place on Earth,' Children Are Starving
After years of battling drought and civil and tribal wars, Sudan, the largest country on the African continent, is experiencing looming famine. An entire population is teetering on the verge of severe starvation, and the children are the ones who are mostly affected: little ones with eyes that are sunken in, reed-thin legs barely able to support them, exposed ribs, distended bellies, skin barely clinging to their bones, and gazes that are lifeless are just biding their time, waiting to die.
The number of people in southern Sudan who are in dire need of food assistance has more than quadrupled, from 1 million in 2009 to 4.3 million this year, according to the U.N. Thus far, charitable organizations have fed an estimated 80,000 people, but experts are theorizing that the worst is yet to come because the harvest is not expected until fall, and that is dependent on whether the rains come at all. Even if the rains come, though, there are no seeds for the people to plant and grow their food.
