The World Food Programme (WFP) is working around the clock to deliver food assistance to communities across Sudan facing acute hunger. WFP's priority is providing vital aid across 14 areas in the country to people who have been left either in famine or at risk of slipping into famine after 500 days of relentless conflict.
Recent progress in getting urgently needed food and nutrition assistance through Chad's reopened Adre border crossing is enabling WFP to provide the people of Sudan with regular support.
WFP has assisted around 8.4 million people since the war began on 15 April 2023, while consistently warning that more needs to be done.
The only way to turn the tide of famine in Sudan is to consistently deliver food assistance to communities, with trucks of WFP food and nutrition supplies on the road every day.
WFP operational updates
Since Chad's Adre border with Sudan was reopened for humanitarian convoys, WFP trucks carrying over 630 metric tons iof food - enough for nearly 55,000 people - have crossed into the Darfur region. The latest crossed on Tuesday (27 August).
This food assistance is for communities in Kereneik and Sirba , two areas in West Darfur at risk of famine.
Some supplies have already arrived in Mornei town in Kereneik, while other convoys are still en route. Flooded and muddy roads have slowed their progress as the peak of the rainy season approaches.
