US EditionSouth Sudan: WFP Airdrops Food to Prevent Catastrophe As Hunger Surges in Conflict-Hit Parts of South Sudan
SOUTH SUDAN, JUL 7 – The World Food Programme is delivering emergency food aid by air to over 40,000 people at catastrophic hunger levels amid conflict and displacement in Upper Nile State.
- On July 7, 2025, the World Food Programme initiated an airdrop of emergency food supplies to over 40,000 displaced families in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan.
- This humanitarian effort responds to escalating violence that began in March, which has obstructed river transportation and blocked land access to the affected areas.
- WFP's efforts target remote areas of Nasir and Ulang counties, accessible only by air, where over one million people face acute hunger including 32,000 at catastrophic levels.
- Country Director Mary-Ellen McGroarty emphasized how ongoing violence has severely worsened food insecurity in South Sudan and highlighted that airdrops are essential to prevent the region from descending into famine.
- Due to funding shortfalls, WFP reaches only 2.5 million people with reduced rations, urgently needing US$274 million to sustain operations and prevent famine escalation.
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WFP Airdrops Emergency Food in South Sudan as Famine Threatens Upper Nile - teleSUR English
The World Food Programme (WFP) has begun airdropping emergency food aid to thousands of families in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, where escalating conflict has displaced communities and pushed over . This marks the first humanitarian access in over four months to the remote counties of Nasir and Ulang, which are only reachable by air due to ongoing fighting and blocked river routes. WFP began airdropping emergency food assistance in #SouthSud…
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced Monday that it has resumed airdropping emergency food aid to thousands of families in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, in its first such operation.
The World Food Programme (WFP) opted to begin launching emergency food assistance from the air to thousands of families in Upper Nile, who have been forced to leave their homes because of the conflict that has pushed some communities to the brink of famine, according to the United Nations agency (UN). This is WFP's first access in more than four months to "provide vital food and nutrition assistance to more than 40,000 people facing catastrophic…
In the face of ongoing struggles, many people in South Sudan are lacking food. The UN World Food Programme is now supplying remote areas from the air - but the aid is not enough.
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