UN demands unimpeded humanitarian aid access to Sudan as famine looms

The United Nations called Friday for Sudan's warring factions to provide unimpeded access to deliver desperately-needed aid as the spectre of famine loom after nearly a year of conflict.

The war between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since April last year killed tens of thousands, destroyed infrastructure and crippled the economy.

The war has also led to a dire humanitarian crisis and acute food shortages, and risks "triggering the world's largest hunger crisis".