KHARTOUM – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations World Food Programme today called for greater investment in Sudan’s agriculture and humanitarian assistance, as a new food security assessment shows that a record number of Sudanese will face acute food insecurity in the coming lean season. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) results for Sudan say 9.8 million people are projected to be acutely food insecure (IPC Phase 3 and above) across the country throughout the lean season from June through September. More than 20 percent of Sudan’s population is projected to be facing acute food insecurity starting this month, the highest figure reported in the history of the IPC in Sudan.
WFP/Ove Dissing-Spandet, WFP Country Director and Representative in Tanzania, Sarah Gordon-Gibson and Executive Director, TASAF, Mr. Ladislaus Mwamanga signing the MoU
Yerevan, ARMENIA – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a EUR 300,000 contribution from the Government of France, which will help WFP to support food insecure and displaced people in Armenia through cash transfers to meet their immediate food needs till the end of June.
JUBA – The World Food Programme (WFP) condemns looting of its food assistance and destruction of humanitarian storage units in South Sudan’s Greater Pibor Administrative Area in Greater Jonglei.
Yerevan, ARMENIA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a EUR 1.3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to provide cash assistance across Armenia for people affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.