WFP Director Warns Sudan Aid Cuts Could Intensify World’s Worst Hunger Crisis - Dabanga Radio TV Online
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The Acting Director of the World Food Programme, Carl Scow, confirmed that funding for the Sudan programme, which is experiencing the world ' s largest hunger crisis, fell by almost half this year at a time when war is pushing more people into hunger, while the crisis in the Middle East is leading to higher prices and a sharp decline in aid budgets.
World Food Programme funding for Sudan plummets as more go hungry, head says
Sept 14 - The World Food Programme's funding for Sudan — the world's largest hunger crisis — has fallen by about half this year, its acting head told Reuters, as war drives more people into hunger while the regional crisis raises prices and aid budgets plummet. Read more at straitstimes.com.
For a long time, the main humanitarian problem in Sudan was to reach those who would die of hunger. Roads were cut off, front lines impassable, convoys attacked, permits difficult to obtain. These obstacles remain, but another one is in the process of supplanting them. WFP now manages to reach millions of people who [...]
The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Scow, warned on Monday that the humanitarian crisis in the Sudan was worsening, emphasizing that some 20 million people faced acute levels of hunger, while the conflict caused the displacement of some 14 million people...
The World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm about what has become the world's largest hunger crisis. According to the UN, humanitarian aid to war-torn Sudan is at risk of collapsing within weeks unless funding increases.
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