WFP seeks $520 million to feed 5.4 million Sudanese
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africanews
New World Food Programme executive director Luke J. Lindberg called for an end to the war in Sudan during a visit to the Goz Al-Salam displacement camp. WFP, which fed four million people in August, is seeking $520 million to feed 5.4 million Sudanese until April 2027, according to an organisation statement.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking $520 million in donations to feed 5.4 million people in Sudan until April 2027, as funding constraints have already reduced its food assistance, according to a WFP statement. The organisation provided assistance to 4 million people in August, but 900,000 people were subsequently deprived of aid due to insufficient resources.
During a visit to the Goz Al-Salam displacement camp, Luke J. Lindberg, WFP’s new executive director, called for an end to the fighting and increased financial support to expand humanitarian aid. The war in Sudan, which began in April 2023 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has made the country the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with around 34 million people in need of assistance, according to the UN.
