Tired of Conflict: Internally Displaced People in Darfur Yearn for Peace and to Return Home
June 19, 2021
In honor of World Refugee Day, we’re sharing the story of Yahya who fled his home because of conflict 15 years ago.
WFP News
Location: Sudan
In Sudan, UN Agencies Reach Conflict-Affected Communities in Non-Government-Controlled Areas for First Time in a Decade
June 14, 2021
For the first time in ten years, UN humanitarian agencies have been able to access conflict-affected communities in the five non-governmental areas controlled in Sudan.
On National Siblings Day, Meet Khamisa: Refugee and Provider for Her Family
April 9, 2021
Every month Khamisa, who wants to become a doctor, walks from the family shelter to the U.N. World Food Programme distribution centre in Alagaya Camp, White Nile State to collect food for her parents and four siblings. She is one of the 387,000 refugees across Sudan that WFP supported in the first half of 2019. “Home is close by, but it feels so long ago,” Khamisa says.
WFP Chief Congratulates Sudanese Government and Rebel Group on Steps Towards Peace
March 29, 2021
WFP Executive Director David Beasley congratulated leaders of Sudan and one of the country’s rebel groups for agreeing to principles to resolve their conflict including that freedom of religion would be guaranteed to all Sudanese in a civil, democratic federal state.
WFP Appeals for Urgent Funding to Support Ethiopian Refugees in Sudan
November 20, 2020
More than 30,000 Ethiopians have crossed across into Sudan, fleeing conflict in their home region. We urgently need additional funding to save their lives.
Urgent Need to Strengthen Food Systems as Multiple Crises Drive Up Numbers of Hungry People in Sudan
October 16, 2020
The number of acutely hungry people in the world may increase by more than 100 million this year, and some countries could be headed for famine.
WFP Expands Assistance to Families Struggling in Flood-Devastated Regions of Sudan
September 17, 2020
The flooding is the worst Sudan has seen in nearly a century. We’re scaling up to help thousands of devastated families across the country.
WFP Executive Director Visits Sudan to Meet New Government and Sends off First Barges to South Sudan
October 22, 2019
First the first time in nearly eight years, three WFP-contracted barges sailed to South Sudan with enough food to feed 370,000 people for one month.
‘I discovered a new world’ when I became a Storyteller
April 11, 2018
3 women, 3 very different stories, 1 training program—giving vulnerable young people a voice.
The First Climate Change Conflict
November 30, 2017
In South Sudan, the combined effects of civil war and drought have left nearly 5 million people food-insecure.
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