Sudan: World Food Programme Executive Director Calls for End to Fighting in Sudan
Funding cuts have forced the agency to reduce aid to just over 3 million people and leave 900,000 vulnerable people without food support.
- This week, WFP Executive Director Luke J. Lindberg visited the Goz Al-Salam Camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Sudan, urging an end to the conflict to address the deepening hunger crisis.
- Since civil war erupted in April 2023, the conflict has created the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with about 34 million people needing assistance as insecurity and blocked roads hamper aid deliveries.
- Funding constraints have forced the WFP to scale back operations, leaving an estimated 900,000 vulnerable people without food assistance while the agency now reaches just over three million people.
- The organization is seeking $520 million in donations to feed 5.4 million people through April 2027, as Lindberg warned that people facing hunger have "three unfortunate choices: rebel, migrate or starve."
- Lindberg stressed that "peace opens the door to food while conflict opens the door to hunger," noting the WFP stands ready to scale assistance if the fighting ends.
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UN food agency chief calls for end to Sudan war as famine crisis deepens
The UN says around 34 million people — nearly two-thirds of Sudan’s population — need humanitarian assistance. It has also warned that drone attacks by both sides have killed civilians, including children, and disrupted essential services.
Yesterday evening, Thursday, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Luke Lindbergh, called for an immediate end to the fighting in the Sudan, intensified international efforts to support humanitarian operations and the provision of the necessary resources to expand assistance in the face of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country.
Amsterdam, November 12, 2026: Radio Dabanga reports that the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Luc Lindbergh...
Sudan: World Food Programme Executive Director Calls for End to Fighting in Sudan
"The fighting must end," said Luke J. Lindberg, WFP Executive Director. "People facing acute hunger have three unfortunate choices: rebel, migrate or starve. For many, WFP is their only hope in a time of unprecedented conflict. While WFP is doing incredible work in Sudan, we cannot do it alone. It is time for world, national, and local leaders to do their part and call for an end to conflict. We cannot outfeed the war."
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