"Sudan faces a massive humanitarian aid crisis, with millions of starving people being denied access to vital food supplies as fighting rages in the war-torn country, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau told Al Jazeera on Sunday that his organisation was assisting 5 million people across the nation, including 2 million in hard-to-reach areas, but it was not enough."
"He said the organisation had tried every way possible to get aid to populations in need, including air drops, digital cash transfers and stationing convoys outside besieged areas. But it had not been possible in violence-ridden areas like el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, which was under an 18-month siege before it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in October,"
"Skau said global attention needed to focus on the Kordofan region, where fighting has been intensifying between SAF and the RSF for weeks. His warning follows similar comments from the UN's human rights chief Volker Turk, who said on Thursday that the Kordofan region could face a wave of mass atrocities similar to the widespread killings documented in el-Fasher, which fell to the RSF last month."
The World Food Programme is assisting five million people in Sudan, including two million in hard-to-reach areas, but assistance falls far short of needs. An estimated 20 million people are acutely food insecure and about 6 million face starvation. WFP teams have attempted air drops, digital cash transfers and convoys, but sustained fighting and sieges prevent access in places such as el-Fasher and Babnusa. The Sudanese Armed Forces dispute some territorial claims. Fighting has intensified in Kordofan, raising warnings of potential mass atrocities and prompting calls for urgent global attention and stepped-up diplomatic efforts.
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