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[Dabanga] Over a year ago the United Nations declared famine in Sudan, using internationally recognized benchmarks in making its determination. In the intervening year, most of Sudan has experienced further serious degradation of the agricultural sector and steep losses in production. These are consequences of the brutal internal war that continues to rage and which the international community has proved incapable of halting. Neither the UN, the Arab League, or Western actors have shown the willingness to intervene
