WFP temporarily halts food aid in parts of Sudan as fighting spreads:
UN food agency has been regularly providing assistance to more than 800 ...
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WFP Suspends Food Aid in Parts of al-JazirahThe UN agency regularly assisted more than 800,000 people there; about 300,000 fled within days.
Key FactsDec 21, 2023 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- WFP temporarily suspended food assistance in some areas on safety grounds as fighting spread south and east of Khartoum.
- About 300,000 people fled the previously peaceful al-Jazirah within days after clashes erupted there the previous week.
- WFP teams are working to provide aid where access remains possible and plan to resume assistance elsewhere when conditions permit.
- UN rights chief Volker Turk expressed alarm over recurring reports of widespread abuses and human rights violations in Wad Madani.
I am very alarmed by recurring reports of widespread abuses and violations of human rights in recent days amid fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Wad Madani.— UN rights chief Volker Türk said amid fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Wad Madani.
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The United Nations' World Food Programme has temporarily suspended food assistance in some parts of Sudan's state of Gezira as fighting spreads south and east of Sudan's capital Khartoum, the aid agency said in a statement
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- According to WFP, an aerial attack outside Dilling on 30 August destroyed two trucks carrying 50 metric tonnes of food.
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