The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) today said that the UN food agency would lift a suspension of its aid mission in Sudan as the crisis in the country worsens amid ongoing violence.
WFP executive director Cindy McCain on Monday said that the agency would “immediately” lift a suspension of its programmes that it put in place following the death of three employees “as the crisis in Sudan pushes millions into hunger.”
“WFP is rapidly resuming our programs to provide the life-saving assistance that many so desperately need right now,” McCain tweeted.
The UN agency has been warning that the ongoing fighting in Sudan could plunge the entire region of East Africa into a humanitarian crisis.
Source: Oman News Agency