{"id":8892,"date":"2026-01-16T18:49:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8892"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:49:48","slug":"sudan-food-aid-at-risk-of-running-dry-un-warns-humanitarian-crises-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8892","title":{"rendered":"Sudan food aid at risk of running dry, UN warns | Humanitarian Crises News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>WFP says $700m needed before March in order to prevent the world\u2019s worst hunger and displacement crisis from worsening.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--no-avatars\">\n<div class=\"byline-content\">\n<p><span class=\"contributors-list__by-prefix\">By <\/span>Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 16 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">16 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Food aid to war-torn Sudan could run out within months unless hundreds of millions of additional dollars are pledged, the United Nations has warned.<\/p>\n<p>Marking more than 1,000 days of the country\u2019s civil war, the UN\u2019s World Food Programme on Thursday issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/news\/families-sudan-pushed-brink-amidst-brutal-conflict-and-famine-wfp-resources-dry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plea<\/a> for $700m to fund its work in Sudan. The money is needed to prevent what it says is already the world\u2019s worst hunger and displacement crisis from getting worse.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Three years of brutal war between the military government and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have killed tens of thousands of people and displaced 14 million.<\/p>\n<p>Repeated attempts to broker a peace deal have failed to bring the fighting to an end. Meanwhile, aid efforts are challenged by a sharp drop in funding \u2013 led by an ideological drive by President Donald Trump in the United States \u2013 and competing demands from numerous other conflicts across the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWFP has been forced to reduce rations to the absolute minimum for survival. By the end of March, we will have depleted our food stocks in Sudan,\u201d Ross Smith, director of emergency preparedness and response, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout immediate additional funding, millions of people will be left without vital food assistance within weeks,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The $700m in funding that the programme is requesting would keep its operations in Sudan going through June.<\/p>\n<p>The WFP says more than 21 million people in Sudan, nearly half of the population, face acute hunger. Famine has been confirmed in areas where months of fighting have made access for aid workers largely impossible.<\/p>\n<p>While visiting northern Sudan on Thursday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights <a href=\"https:\/\/media.un.org\/unifeed\/en\/asset\/d352\/d3524924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volker Turk<\/a> called for an \u201call-out effort\u201d by the international community to help aid groups \u201cprovide the much-needed humanitarian assistance that is required under the circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts led by the US and regional mediators \u2013 Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, known as the Quad \u2013 to secure a ceasefire have failed as the government and RSF continue to wrestle for territory. Both have been accused of war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The RSF is suspected of atrocities, including indiscriminate killing and mass rape, over recent months, as it razed a trail of destruction through the western state of Darfur and central Kordofan region following its retreat from the capital, Khartoum.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting on Wednesday in Cairo brought together officials from the Quad countries as well as the UN, European Union and regional organisations to try to revive peace efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The bid to broker a ceasefire has struggled, with the government accusing the UAE of supporting its enemy. The UAE has denied that it is giving the paramilitary RSF weapons and financing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WFP says $700m needed before March in order to prevent the world\u2019s worst hunger and displacement crisis from worsening. 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