SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – UN World Food Programme: One-third of Sudanese facing acute food insecurity

16/6/2022: Multiple sources – UN World Food Programme: One-third of Sudanese facing acute food insecurity

• Sudan Tribune

• Radio Dabanga

• Bloomberg, by Mohammed Alamin

• Reuters

• AFP

• AP, by Noha Elhennawy

One-third of Sudan’s population, at least 15 million people, are facing acute food insecurity, according to the Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment (CFSVA) released by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The WFP attributed the food insecurity to the economic and political crises, rising costs, conflict and displacement, climate shocks including droughts and floods, with the conflict in Ukraine “driving up food and fuel prices in Sudan, which is dependent on food imports as over half of Sudan’s wheat imports come from the Black Sea region”.

With Sudan only producing enough cereal last year to cover the needs of less than two-thirds of the population, FAO’s Sudan representative in Sudan Babagana Ahmadu warned that food insecurity may rise to unprecedented levels and lead to more conflict and displacement unless agricultural inputs and livestock services support the agricultural season.