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The relationship between climate change, water conflict and the war in Sudan has also been a topic of academic debate. [7] Blue Nile state has experienced significant impacts from climate change, being one of Sudan's fastest-warming regions. Since the 1970s, temperatures have risen by 1 °C (1.8 °F) each year.
Sudan faces some severe environmental problems, most related either to the availability of water or its disposal. [6] Among them are desertification , land degradation , and deforestation. [ 6 ] Desertification, the southward shift of the boundary between desert and sem-idesert, has occurred at an estimated rate of 50 to 200 kilometers since ...
Environmental issues. Sudan is the thirteenth most water stressed country in the world. Desertification is a serious problem in Sudan. [213]
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The Sudanese Security and Defense Council declared a state of emergency throughout the country for a period of three months and has decided to consider Sudan a natural disaster area. The council has formed a supreme committee to prevent and address the effects of torrents and floods, [ 11 ] which killed about 100 people and flooded more than ...
According to the Sudan Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CSFAM) for January 2012, due to subpar cereal production and increased cereal prices caused by intense conflict that has limited trade, humanitarian and population movements, an estimated 4.2 million people in Sudan are predicted to be in the Stressed (IPC Phase 3), Crisis and ...
On 13 August 2024, Sudan's Interior Ministry reported that at least 68 people have been killed due to extensive flooding, and called the floods the worst in the nation since 2019. At least 44,000 civilians were displaced by the flooding since 1 July.
Sudan is a country that is half desert and much of the population suffers from a shortage of clean drinking water as well as a reliable source of water for agriculture. With the Nile river in the east of the country, parts of Sudan have substantial water resources, but those in the west have to rely on wadis, seasonal wells which often dry up ...