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Sudan: WFP Director Warns Sudan Aid Cuts Could Intensify World's Worst Hunger Crisis
The agency is prioritizing 5 million people most in need as donor cuts leave supplies set to run out by September, officials said.
- On Monday, the World Food Programme reported that funding for Sudan has fallen by half this year, deepening what the agency describes as the world's largest hunger crisis.
- Fighting between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has devastated the country, displacing up to 14 million people while leaving nearly 20 million facing acute hunger.
- Acting Executive Director Carl Skau warned the agency has capacity but "we are not fully using that space because of the lack of funding," noting this year's resources are half of last year's.
- IOM Director General Amy Pope warned, "The entire humanitarian system could collapse within weeks if we don't act now," as relief supplies are expected to run out by the end of September.
- Violence is intensifying in Kordofan and Blue Nile, creating new displacement waves while aid delivery has become increasingly dangerous and expensive for WFP convoys navigating complex routes.
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Two million people are at risk of being deprived of food aid in South Sudan due to a critical lack of international funding for relief operations.
·France
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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.
·Syrian Arab Republic (the)
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