Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan's Darfurs for the first time in months, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as humanitarians try to avert a 'hunger catastrophe', after nearly a year of heavy fighting.
Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan 's Darfurs for the first time in months, the UN World Food Programme said on Friday, as humanitarians try to avert a"hunger catastrophe", after nearly a year of heavy fighting.The convoys crossed into Sudan from Chad in late March carrying enough food and nutrition supplies for 250,000 people facing acute hunger in North, West and Central Darfur.
to people in need," Ms. Kinzli insisted."WFP and our partners urgently need security guarantees and deconfliction so the supplies in North Darfur can be distributed to people who are struggling to find even one basic meal a day."into West Darfur from Adre in Chad - and that food distributions were underway in West and Central Darfur.
An additional six trucks with 260 metric tons of food reached the area from Port Sudan a few days later - the first aid delivery to be transported across conflict lines in six months.
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