WFP Warns Sudan Food Aid Will Run Out by March Without Urgent $700 Million

Overview

• WFP says Sudan food stocks will be exhausted by the end of March, leaving millions without assistance within weeks absent new funds.
• The agency seeks $700 million to sustain operations from January through June and keep serving roughly four million people each month.
• Since April 2023, WFP has reached more than 10 million people with food, cash and nutrition support across Darfur, Kordofan, Khartoum and Al Jazira.
• Famine is confirmed in areas cut off by fighting, with over 21 million facing acute hunger and nearly 12 million displaced.
• Surveys show record malnutrition, with 3.7 million children and pregnant and breastfeeding women undernourished and some North Darfur sites finding over half of young children malnourished.