Arabic version: مدير برنامج الأغذية العالمي يدعو إلى وقف القتال في السودان

According to Allafrica, World Food Programme Executive Director Luke J. Lindberg has called for an end to fighting in Sudan, warning that conflict is worsening acute hunger and limiting the agency’s ability to assist people in need.

“The fighting must end,” Lindberg said. He said people facing acute hunger face “three unfortunate choices: rebel, migrate or starve,” and added that WFP cannot “outfeed the war.”

In August, WFP supported more than four million people in Sudan, including 880,000 people in areas at risk of famine. Funding constraints forced the agency to begin reducing its caseload in September, and an estimated 900,000 vulnerable people have lost food assistance over the past few months.

WFP is now reaching just over three million people in Sudan. The agency said fighting and displacement remain the main drivers of hunger, while higher food and fuel prices are making basic staples increasingly unaffordable. Blocked and washed-out roads, alongside an insecure operating environment, are also restricting access to families needing assistance.

WFP said it urgently needs USD 520 million to provide lifesaving food and nutrition assistance to 5.4 million people through April 2027. During his visit, Lindberg went to emergency feeding sites at displacement camps and a WFP-led school meals site, and met local, state and federal officials.