WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe, announced that his agency has finally reached the desperate families trapped in the conflict’s epicenter, since fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15.
In a statement, Rowe said they distributed food assistance to 15,000 people in both Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) controlled areas of Omdurman, part of the Khartoum metropolitan area.
He also highlighted other recent food distributions, in Wadi Halfa in Northern State to reach 8,000 people fleeing Khartoum and on their way to Egypt, as well as to 4,000 newly displaced people in Port Sudan.
"In total, WFP has been able to reach 725,000 people across 13 states in the country since it resumed its operations on 3 May, following a pause brought on by the killing of three aid workers at the start of the conflict," Rowe said.
Rowe further mentioned that WFP was rapidly scaling up its support, which they expected to expand depending on progress in negotiations for humanitarian access for all regions, including the Darfurs and Kordofans, strongly impacted by violence and displacement.
According to UNICEF, more children in Sudan today require lifesaving support than ever before, with 13.6 million children in need of urgent assistance.
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