The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended its operations across Sudan’s North Darfur state following attacks this week on all three of its warehouses in the capital, El Fasher, including the theft of more than 5,000 metric tons (tonnes) of food. “We have been forced to suspend WFP operations in North Darfur, effective immediately,” said David Beasley, WFP executive director. “This theft has robbed nearly two million people of the food and nutrition support they so desperately need. Sudan is one of the poorest counties in the world, with nearly 11 million people in need of food security and livelihood assistance in 2022. The country’s state-run news agency SUNA reported that a number of suspects were arrested in El Fasher after they were seen riding trucks and animal-drawn carts loaded with food stocks allegedly stolen from the WFP warehouses.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 31, 2021 16:52 UTC