{"id":60201,"date":"2024-07-01T19:03:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/sudan-un-food-convoy-attacked-supplies-looted-amid-worsening-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T19:03:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:03:41","slug":"sudan-un-food-convoy-attacked-supplies-looted-amid-worsening-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/sudan-un-food-convoy-attacked-supplies-looted-amid-worsening-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan: UN food convoy attacked, supplies looted amid worsening crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unidentified armed men in Sudan on Sunday attacked UN World Food Programme (WFP) trucks carrying food assistance meant for thousands of civilians in need in central Darfur, the agency reported.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the top\u00a0UN humanitarian official for Sudan<\/a>\u00a0expressed \u201coutrage\u201d at the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe aid looted from a\u00a0WFP\u00a0convoy in Central Darfur will no longer go to the most vulnerable people in need,\u201d she said in a\u00a0post\u00a0on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n

In a separate\u00a0post, WFP called on authorities to ensure the perpetrators are held accountable, stressing that \u201cthe safe delivery of supplies must be guaranteed by all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alarming situation<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The attack comes against the backdrop of a worsening humanitarian crisis, driven by the ongoing war in Sudan between rival militaries that has left the country teetering on the brink of famine.<\/p>\n

More than half of the population,\u00a0around 26 million people, are staring at \u201ccrisis levels\u201d of hunger and almost 9.4 million people have been\u00a0driven\u00a0from their homes, including about 1.9 million into neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

The situation is particularly concerning in the Darfur region, which has seen intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/p>\n

According\u00a0to UN humanitarians, the lives of 800,000 people \u201care hanging in the balance\u201d as fighting rages densely populated areas in\u00a0the provincial capital El Fasher, causing widespread and long-term harm to civilians and severely disrupting the essential services they depend on.<\/p>\n

Funding required \u2018urgently\u2019<\/strong><\/h5>\n

For their part, UN agencies continue to deliver aid and protection to millions in need, despite significant challenges and insecurity.<\/p>\n

The UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) together with its partners, for instance, supplied children and their families with safe drinking water, health services and screening for malnutrition.<\/p>\n

WFP also scaled up its emergency response to curtail the hunger crisis,\u00a0more than doubling\u00a0the number of people targeted for assistance in 2024 to 8.7 million.<\/p>\n

However, agencies report the need for additional funding alongside unfettered access to avert famine in the lean season that has now started.<\/p>\n

As of 24 June 2024, the $2.7 billion 2024 Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, which aims to provide life-saving assistance to 14.7 million people across the country, is only 16.6 per cent funded, with $447.4 million received.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Unidentified armed men in Sudan on Sunday attacked UN World Food Programme (WFP) trucks carrying food assistance meant for thousands of civilians in need in central Darfur, the agency reported.\u00a0 Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the top\u00a0UN humanitarian official for Sudan\u00a0expressed \u201coutrage\u201d at the incident. \u201cThe aid looted from a\u00a0WFP\u00a0convoy in Central Darfur will no longer go to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}