August 7, 2024 (NEW YORK) – A United Nations official says political will and leadership will end famine in Sudan, where 26 million people face acute hunger. “Our warnings have not been heard,” said Stephen Omollo, Assistant Executive Director for Workplace and Management of the World Food Programme (WFP). Addressing members of the Security Council on Tuesday, the official also recalled previous WFP alerts about a widespread collapse in food security across Sudan. He said WFP’s Famine Review Committee confirmed famine in Zamzam camp near El Fasher in North Darfur and that other areas in Darfur and elsewhere are at high risk, with more than half of Sudan’s population facing crisis levels of hunger. Omollo accused the warring parties involved in the conflict of failing to meet their obligations under international humanitarian law by routinely blocking requests for cross-line clearances and imposing restrictions on cross-border routes. “Sudan is critically underfunded,” he said, stressing the need for increased and flexible funding to support the rapid scale-up of the relief operations to save lives. Relatedly, Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said the war is a “man-made crisis and …

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