The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily suspended food aid distribution in Sudan’s Zamzam camp, home to around half a million displaced people, due to increasing violence in the region.
This move comes two days after medical charity MSF halted its operations in the camp.
The WFP warns that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks without immediate assistance.
Laurent Bukera, WFP’s East Africa Director, emphasized the need for safe and unhindered humanitarian access to deliver life-saving aid.
The conflict in Sudan, which began in April 2023, has led to the world’s largest displacement and hunger crisis.
Satellite imagery shows the use of heavy weaponry and destruction of market facilities in Zamzam, leaving civilians and humanitarian workers trapped and vulnerable.
Famine was confirmed in Zamzam camp in August 2024, and since then, the WFP has only managed to deliver one aid convoy despite repeated attempts.
The closure of the Adre border crossing from Chad has also hindered food stockpiling efforts.
Senior U.N. aid official Edem Wosornu stressed that nearly two years of conflict have displaced over 12 million people and left half the country’s population – 24.6 million people – facing acute hunger.
