"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. Marking more than 1,000 days of the country's civil war, the UN's World Food Programme on Thursday issued a plea for $700m to fund its work in Sudan. The money is needed to prevent what it says is already the world's worst hunger and displacement crisis from getting worse."
"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. 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 led by an ideological drive by President Donald Trump in the United States and competing demands from numerous other conflicts across the world."
"WFP 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, Ross Smith, director of emergency preparedness and response, said in a statement. Without immediate additional funding, millions of people will be left without vital food assistance within weeks, he added. The $700m in funding that the programme is requesting would keep its operations in Sudan going through June."
The World Food Programme requests $700m before March to sustain operations in Sudan through June and prevent a worsening hunger and displacement crisis. Food stocks in Sudan are projected to be depleted by the end of March, forcing millions to lose vital assistance within weeks. More than 21 million people face acute hunger and famine has been confirmed in areas inaccessible to aid workers. Three years of war between the military and Rapid Support Forces have killed tens of thousands and displaced 14 million. Funding shortfalls and competing global crises have forced WFP to cut rations to survival minimums.
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