December 24, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – The Sudanese government began dispatching tons of humanitarian aid to seven states, including the capital, Khartoum, on Monday, as a global hunger monitoring agency warned that 24.6 million Sudanese could face severe hunger by May. Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Salwa Adam Binia oversaw the final arrangements for the overland transport of aid, coinciding with the grim forecast from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative. The IPC report, released Tuesday, projected that famine, currently affecting five areas, including the Western Nuba Mountains, could spread to the Central Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan. On Tuesday, Binia and the humanitarian aid technical committee members witnessed the departure of aid convoys from Port Sudan in eastern Sudan. “The convoys are carrying 400 tons of flour to Khartoum, 100 tons to Kassala, and 300 tons of flour and 150 tons of food and shelter materials to Singa, the capital of Sennar state,” Binia told reporters. She added that trucks were transporting 100 tons of flour to Gedaref state, 450 tons to White Nile state (including 50 tons for Al Jazirah Aba and 150 tons for displaced people from Central and South Darfur), 2,000 tons of flour to River …

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