The United Nations has raised the food alert level of four countries, including Sudan, to the highest level.

(United Nations raised Food Alert level of Sudan and other four countries to the highest level] May 30, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Program released a joint report on May 29, saying that Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali have been listed as the countries with the most serious food insecurity, and these four countries have been raised to the highest food alert level and require "urgent" action by the international community. The report also warns that Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen remain at the highest alert levels, and that communities in these countries have been or are about to face hunger or even risk sliding into a "catastrophic situation."