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Good afternoon, and welcome to Washington Post Live and another conversation in our World Stage series co-produced with the “Capehart” podcast. I am Jonathan Capehart, associate editor for The Washington Post.

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Sudan is experiencing the world’s largest hunger and internal displacement crisis as the country endures an ongoing civil war between rival factions of the military government. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and top experts join Washington Post Live to examine the conditions on the ground, the response from the international community and the underlying conflict of the war.

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Thomas-Greenfield and top experts examine Sudan’s hunger and displacement crisis, the underlying conflict of the country’s civil war and the response from the international community.

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It is easy to take for granted the ease with which we are capable of going to a grocery store and choosing from a wide variety of food in the West.

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Many in Sudan are forced to fight over anthills for food as the country faces one of the worst levels of food insecurity ever recorded, according to the global Evangelical humanitarian organization World Vision.

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Shortly after our flight had landed in Adré, Chad, on the border with Sudan, we were driving along sand and clay roads toward the spontaneous settlements where hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees are living.

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Shortly after our flight had landed in Adré, Chad, on the border with Sudan, we were driving along sand and clay roads toward the spontaneous settlements where hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees are living.

edgar clapping and smiling with a group of young children

Shortly after our flight had landed in Adré, Chad, on the border with Sudan, we were driving along sand and clay roads toward the spontaneous settlements where hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees are living.

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The details of this crisis are horrifying. Yet most Americans know little to nothing about it.

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As the new school year approaches, moms and dads are pivoting from picnics to school meal plans for their kids.

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There are now an estimated 735 million people worldwide facing hunger, and Africa remains the most at-risk region when it comes to the global hunger crisis, according to the latest “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” report published Wednesday by five United Nations specialized agencies.

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Heartbreaking. Chaotic. Utterly overwhelming. So much pain in the world that it feels hard to process

Children view the remains of dead animals in Nakorio village, Turkana, where World Vision is doing food distributions. (World Vision)

Heartbreaking. Chaotic. Utterly overwhelming. So much pain in the world that it feels hard to process

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Heartbreaking. Chaotic. Utterly overwhelming. So much pain in the world that it feels hard to process

As unprecedented hunger grips the Horn of Africa, impoverished families are running out of time

Kenya’s worst drought in 40 years has left 4.1 million people facing a shortage of food and water as farmers struggle to adapt to changing climate and weather patterns.

The fluid situation in Ukraine is not lost on Edgar Sandoval, the CEO for World Vision, a global nonprofit organization.

“This could get worse really fast,” he said.