Sudan, aid groups to open more humanitarian corridors

Staff Writer | March 6, 2017 | 9:01 am

WFP trucks bring relief foods to South Sudan via Sudan around 2015|WFP photo

WFP’s Director for Middle East and North Africa, says Sudan and the agency
are planning to open more humanitarian corridors to allow aid delivery to
people affected by hunger in South Sudan.

This comes 2 weeks after the National Bureau of Statistics and three UN
agenciesdeclared famine in the country, particularly in the former Unity
State.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Food Program, 100,000
people are facing starvation in the region.“We and the government are
looking for ways for opening of humanitarian corridors from Sudan to South
Sudan to deliver food aid to those who suffering from malnutrition and
hunger in south Sudan,”  Muhanned Hadi told the media in Khartoum over the
weekend.

In January, World Food Program, Sudan, and South Sudan extended an
agreement to allow flow of aid assistance to South Sudan for 6 months.

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