WFP Warns of Major Setback to Aid Efforts as Fighting Spreads in Sudan
December 21, 2023
December 21, 2023
ROME, Italy, Dec. 21 -- The United Nations World Food Programme issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2023:
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to temporarily suspend food assistance in some parts of Gezira State, as fighting spreads south and east of Sudan's capital Khartoum. This is a major setback to humanitarian efforts in the country's breadbasket, where WFP had been regularly providing aid to over 800,000 people, including many . . .
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to temporarily suspend food assistance in some parts of Gezira State, as fighting spreads south and east of Sudan's capital Khartoum. This is a major setback to humanitarian efforts in the country's breadbasket, where WFP had been regularly providing aid to over 800,000 people, including many . . .