With 12 million displaced and little global focus, Sudan faces a worsening catastrophe as Rep. Chris Smith calls for a worldwide response and an immediate end to fighting between armed groups.

GENEVA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Food rations ‌will ​be reduced for communities facing ‌famine in Sudan from next month due to severe funding ​shortages, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

Sudanese families in Regina say the world is not paying enough attention to what is happening in their home country.

NAIROBI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - South Sudan has sent its troops to neighbouring Sudan to guard the strategic Heglig oil field near the border, its military head said on Thursday, days after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of it.

U.N. experts warn that the treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended vice president is further eroding a 2018 peace agreement he signed with President Salva Kiir.

Aid delivery remains extremely difficult in violence-ridden areas, where clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

RSF fighters in El Fashir have rounded up civilians en masse, survivors told The Post, subjecting them to torture and extorting their families for cash.

The United States on Thursday warned it could cut foreign aid to South Sudan, accusing the government of imposing exorbitant fees on humanitarian groups and obstructing their operations.