WFP says it is expanding emergency response in Sudan

Sudanese refugees, who have fled the violence in their country, wait to receive food rations from World Food Programme (WFP), near the border between Sudan and Chad, in Koufroun, Chad May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
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The organisation said on Thursday

Alvise Armellini, Reuters News

June 6, 2024

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Sudanese refugees, who have fled the violence in their country, wait to receive food rations from World Food Programme (WFP), near the border between Sudan and Chad, in Koufroun, Chad May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding its emergency response in Sudan to an additional five million people by the end of 2024 to avert famine, the organisation said on Thursday, bringing the total to 10 million this year. (Reporting by Alvise Armellini; writing by Tala Ramadan; editing by Jason Neely)

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