First food trucks in months reach Sudan camp
Published: 05:11 PM,Nov 26,2024 | EDITED : 09:11 PM,Nov 26,2024
Sudanese people who fled escalating violence rest at a camp for the displaced in the eastern city of Gedaref. — AFP
GENEVA: The UN's World Food Programme said on Tuesday its first food trucks in several months had got through to a famine-stricken camp for displaced people in conflict-ravaged Sudan. 'WFP food trucks arrived in North Darfur's Zamzam camp last Friday where famine was confirmed earlier this year,' the UN agency's Sudan spokeswoman Leni Kinzli told a media briefing in Geneva.
'These are the first WFP food items that we have been able to transport into the camp in many months, carrying emergency food aid for 12,500 people,' she said. 'These trucks are delivering hope to people in Zamzam who have been battling famine on their own, cut off from aid for many months.'
Following talks with the United Nations on Monday, Burhan announced that all relevant UN agencies would be allowed to establish supply hubs in El Obeid, Kadugli and Ad Damazin. 'UN personnel will also be authorised to accompany convoys and oversee aid distribution,' he said on X.
'These are the first WFP food items that we have been able to transport into the camp in many months, carrying emergency food aid for 12,500 people,' she said. 'These trucks are delivering hope to people in Zamzam who have been battling famine on their own, cut off from aid for many months.'
Following talks with the United Nations on Monday, Burhan announced that all relevant UN agencies would be allowed to establish supply hubs in El Obeid, Kadugli and Ad Damazin. 'UN personnel will also be authorised to accompany convoys and oversee aid distribution,' he said on X.