UN food programme warns of famine in Darfur if warring parties don’t allow aid in

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that time is running out to prevent famine in Sudan’s Darfur region.

It says intensifying clashes in North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, is hindering efforts to deliver vital food assistance to the region.

Civilians in the town and the wider Darfur region are already facing devastating levels of hunger, yet deliveries of food assistance have been intermittent due to bureaucratic hurdles and the ongoing fighting.

Sudan has been at war for over a year now, since simmering tensions between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded in April 2023.

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