The U.N. has begun distributing food in Darfur, a war-ravaged province in Sudan, for the first time in months; around 18 million people in Sudan face acute hunger.
DAKAR, Senegal — The United Nations said Friday it has begun distributing food in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur province for the first time in months, following two successful cross-border operations, but the population still faces widespread starvation unless more help arrives. The yearlong war between military and paramilitary forces in Sudan is causing one of the world's worst hunger crises. About a third of the population, or 18 million people, face acute hunger, U.N. aid agencies say.
The U.N.’s World Food Program said two aid convoys crossed the border from Chad in late March, but it had been unable to schedule further deliveries. 'Hunger in Sudan will only increase as the lean season starts in just a few weeks. I fear that we will see unprecedented levels of starvation and malnutrition sweep across Sudan,' said the WFP's top envoy to Sudan, Eddie Rowe. The U.N.
spokesperson told The Associated Press on Friday that aid for all refugees in Chad is set to run out soon. 'We’re just distributing the final aid we have and once that’s finished, as it stands right now, all distributions will stop,' the spokesperson said.
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