The UN World Food Program (WFP) said on Friday that it has started delivering much-needed aid to Sudan’s Darfur region for the first time in months.
Two convoys managed to enter Darfur through the border crossing with Chad. They carried enough food for 250,000 people.
Darfur, along with Sudan’s capital Khartoum, is facing “catastrophic famine” amid fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force, which has displaced more than eight million people and destroyed vital infrastructure.
Meanwhile, the WFP has warned that Darfur’s latest cereal harvest is 78 percent below the five-year average.
“Hunger in Sudan will only increase as the lean season begins in just a few weeks. I fear we will see unprecedented levels of hunger and malnutrition across Sudan ,” said WFP’s Chief Envoy for Sudan Eddie Rowe.
