World Food Programme says a key supply route into Darfur has been cut off due to heavy rains.
Volunteers distribute food to residents and displaced people in Omdurman, Sudan, March 8, 2024. Nearly five million people in the country are close to famine as Sudan's civil war passes the one-year mark.A key supply route into Sudan’s Darfur region, deemed at risk of famine by experts, has been cut off due to heavy rains, a World Food Programme official said on Thursday while another UN official said refugees had been driven to eating grass.
The World Food Programme has described Sudan as the world’s biggest hunger crisis, with the western Darfur region most at risk as Sudan’s 15-month civil war that has displaced millions and sparked ethnic violence grinds on. The army has in the past warned aid groups against using unauthorised crossings into Darfur, which is mostly under RSF control, designating Tina as the approved route earlier this year.“You have these huge rivers.
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