UN suspends food aid in Sudanese refugee camp as violence escalates

Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025 [/AFP via Getty Images]

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday announced that it has been forced to suspend its operations in Zamzam displacement camp and its surrounding areas in North Darfur, Sudan, due to escalating violence.

In a statement from its headquarters in Rome, the UN agency said: “Intense fighting in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region has forced the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to temporarily pause the distribution of life-saving food and nutrition assistance in the famine-hit camp for displaced people. Over the past two weeks escalating violence left WFP’s partners with no choice but to evacuate staff for safety.”

WFP’s Regional Director, Laurent Bukera, warned: “Without immediate assistance, thousands of desperate families in Zamzam could starve in the coming weeks.”

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