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UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of half a million people

The United Nations' World Food Program has temporarily stopped aid distribution to the half a million people living in Sudan's famine-stricken Zamzam refugee camp in North Darfur.
WFP said only one convoy of humanitarian supplies had reached the camp since famine was declared there last August, blaming road conditions, fighting and "purposeful obstruction" by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces .
Fighting between Sudan's military and the RSF in the past two weeks has forced WFP's partners to leave the Zamzam camp for safety, with one attack destroying the camp's central open market.

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Radio France Internationale

In Sudan, hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons in absolute humanitarian emergency

In the Sudan, in Al-Fashir, the capital of Northern Darfur surrounded by the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces for more than ten months, the security and humanitarian situation has been deteriorating ever further. The current war, which has lasted since April 2023, has more than doubled the number of displaced persons who have fled to the camps in Zamzam and Abu Chouk, located in the suburbs, where they are now caught between the bellig…

8 hours ago·Paris, France

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Anadolu Ajansı

WFP suspends food distribution in Sudan's Zamzam Refugee Camp due to intensified clashes

If no immediate assistance is provided, thousands of desperate families in Zamzam will starve in coming weeks, warns WFP Sudan spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı

20 hours ago·Ankara, Türkiye

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allAfrica

Sudan: UN Official 'Extremely Concerned' About Displaced Unable to Leave Zamzam Camp

United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami yesterday expressed her deep concerns about recent reports of Sudanese unable to leave the beleaguered Zamzam camp for displaced in North Darfur.

22 hours ago·South Africa

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Democracy Now!

“Screaming from Hunger in the Streets”: U.S. Aid Cuts Compound Sudan’s Hunger Crisis

In Sudan, the freeze on U.S. aid has forced up to 80% of emergency food kitchens — or about 1,100 facilities — to close, exacerbating Sudan’s food crisis. The BBC quoted one aid worker who said the cuts left people “screaming from hunger in the streets.” Separately, the World Food Programme has temporarily halted aid distribution in North Darfur’s Zamzam camp due to intensified fighting between Sudan’s army and RSF paramilitary forces. On Wednes…

2 days ago·New York, United States

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