Sudan: Aid Is the 'Only Hope' for Millions in Sudan, WFP Chief Warns, As Funding Cuts Deepen Hunger Crisis

What the report says

The World Food Programme’s new executive director, Luke Lindberg, says Sudan’s hunger emergency is being made worse by funding cuts after his first field visit to the country, according to UN News as distributed by AllAfrica. During the trip, he met displaced families who are struggling to feed their children and warned that humanitarian aid remains essential for millions affected by the conflict.

Sudan has become one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises since civil war broke out in 2023. The reporting says millions have been forced from their homes, large numbers of people have been killed, and famine conditions have spread. Lindberg argued that people facing severe food shortages are left with impossible choices and called for an end to the fighting alongside stronger international support.

The WFP has long been a major provider of food assistance in Sudan, but it has had to reduce its reach because of lower funding. The article says the agency was assisting more than four million people in August, including people in areas at risk of famine, but now reaches just over three million, with about 900,000 vulnerable people losing assistance. Access problems, insecurity, blocked roads and flood damage are also slowing deliveries.

Lindberg said the agency needs $520 million to provide food and nutrition support to 5.4 million people through April 2027. The message underscores how aid access, financing and the course of the conflict are shaping the scale of hunger across Sudan.