The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Tuesday that Sudan is experiencing the world’s largest hunger crisis and simultaneously the largest displacement crisis.
The WFP reported that 9.1 million people have been displaced, with over two million fleeing to neighboring countries due to the conflict in Sudan. The programme urgently needs $200 million until the end of 2024 to assist those threatened by hunger in Sudan.
On its website, the WFP stated, “The World Food Programme is rapidly scaling up its emergency response to avoid famine, aiming to increase the number of people receiving assistance in 2024 to 8.7 million.”
New humanitarian corridors are being opened to deliver aid to over a million people in remote areas.
Last week, the UAE and 14 other Arab and African countries expressed their concern over the food security situation and the risk of famine in Sudan in a joint statement.
On Tuesday, the United States called on both the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to hold ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia and Switzerland.
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Sudan, Ramdane Lamamra, reported last Friday that separate nine-day talks in Geneva between the Sudanese army and the RSF ended without reaching an agreement.
The fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF erupted in April last year after weeks of tension over plans to integrate the RSF into the armed forces. This occurred while military and civilian parties were finalizing an internationally supported political process.
