Sudan: World Food Programme Executive Director Calls for End to Fighting in Sudan

What the report says

The World Food Programme is urging an end to the fighting in Sudan, saying the conflict is worsening hunger and making humanitarian relief harder to deliver. In remarks published by AllAfrica from the UN agency, WFP Executive Director Luke J. Lindberg said people facing severe food insecurity are being pushed toward desperate choices as violence continues.

According to the report, Lindberg visited emergency feeding sites in displacement camps and a WFP-run school meals program, and also met with local, state and federal officials. He thanked authorities for their cooperation while pressing for broader action to stop the war. The visit took place in Sudan, while the statement was issued from Rome by the United Nations World Food Programme.

The article says WFP had been supporting more than four million people in August, including 880,000 in areas at risk of famine, but had to reduce its caseload in September because of funding limits. It says about 900,000 vulnerable people lost food aid over recent months, and that WFP is now reaching just over three million people. The agency says it needs $520 million to provide food and nutrition assistance to 5.4 million people through April 2027. The report underscores how conflict, displacement, price increases, and damaged roads are deepening the crisis.