US EditionAfrica: WFP Statement Regarding Staff Expulsions By Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The expulsion risks disrupting aid to over 24 million Sudanese facing acute food insecurity amid escalating conflict, according to the UN World Food Programme.
- On Wednesday, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the United Nations World Food Programme that two top WFP leaders were designated persona non grata and asked to leave within 72 hours, forcing unplanned leadership changes.
- Days after the capture of El-Fasher, paramilitaries seized the city in Darfur, and analysts say Sudan is effectively partitioned with the Rapid Support Forces running a parallel government.
- More than 24 million people face acute food insecurity, while WFP and humanitarian partners have scaled up assistance to reach more than four million people monthly in recent months.
- WFP and senior UN officials are engaging with Sudanese authorities to protest persona non grata designations and called on all parties to prioritise millions who depend on emergency food and nutrition assistance.
- Amid reports of killings and EU denunciations, the European Union on Wednesday denounced the `brutality` of the Rapid Support Forces as reports emerged of mass atrocities and the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent volunteers in Bara.
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Millions of people urgently need help, but in the midst of Sudan's most severe hunger crisis, the UN's World Food Programme must withdraw representatives from it, and the government will refer them to the country.
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Arab NewsWFP says two top staff to be expelled from Sudan
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday that its two top staff in Sudan had been ordered to leave the war-torn country by the foreign ministry. The country director and emergency coordinator "have been designated as persona non grata, and asked to leave the country within 72 hours, without any explanation", the Rome-based agency said in a statement. WFP and senior UN officials were engaging with Sudanese authorities to protest the dec…
Africa: WFP Statement Regarding Staff Expulsions By Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rome -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) confirms that the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed us that two of our top leaders in Sudan have been designated as persona non grata, and asked to leave the country within 72 hours, without any explanation. This decision to expel WFP's Country Director and Emergency Coordinator comes at a pivotal time. Humanitarian needs in Sudan have never been greater with more than 24 mill…
On Wednesday, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that its two main officials in the Sudan had been ordered...
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