Last updated on December 6th, 2024 at 01:27 pm
The more than 700 trucks carrying food aid are expected to reach communities in Sudan where many people are suffering from hunger. War in Sudan has caused widespread famine, if not famine itself. It has driven people from their farms.
Markets for foodstuffs are scarce, prices have risen and humanitarian organisations say they are finding it difficult to reach the most vulnerable people because the warring parties are restricting access to aid.
International experts confirmed the famine in the Zamzam IDP camp in July. They are warning that some 25 million people, more than half of Sudan’s population, are likely to face acute famine this year.
The WFP plans to deliver more than 17,000 tonnes of food aid to help 1.5 million people for a month, according to the organisation.
The aid will help communities across Sudan, including 14 areas classified as ‘hotspots’ due to ‘the severity of food insecurity and the risk of famine’.
‘What we need is increased and sustainable access so that we can reach all the people in Sudan who are facing famine.
Around 24,000 people have been killed and millions displaced in the war that broke out in April 2023, triggered by tensions between the army and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces.
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American President Joe Biden has called on both sides to allow unhindered access and to stop killing civilians.
