Sudan: World Food Programme Expands Emergency Response to Avert Famine in Sudan

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently expanding its emergency food and nutrition assistance in war-torn Sudan amid the looming threat of famine, as conditions for civilians deteriorate and fighting intensifies in battle zones like El Fasher in North Darfur and Khartoum state.

The WFP is scaling up to provide life-saving food and nutrition assistance to an additional five million people by the end of this year, doubling the number of people WFP had planned to support at the start of 2024,…