Sudan's 'rumours' of famine 'pure fabrication'

The Sudanese government strongly rejected a report backed by the United Nations which determined that famine had spread to five areas of the war-torn country.

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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) review, which UN agencies use, follows repeated warnings from the United Nations, other aid groups and the United States about the hunger situation in the northeast African country.

IPC said last week the war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had created famine conditions for 638,000 people, with a further 8.1 million on the brink of mass starvation.