WFP Director: ‘Do not let Sudan become a forgotten emergency’

Dabanga Radio TV Online Independent news from the heart of Sudan Dabanga Radio TV Online Sudan, Tawila, North Darfur, Friday 22 June 2025 People continue to flee escalating violence in El Fasher, many arriving in Tawila with little or nothing (Fie photo: ©WFP/Mohamed Galal) “Three years of war in Sudan is three years too many,” laments Ross Smith, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response on the UN World Food Program (WFP). Speaking at a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday, Smith highlighted that this week marks three years since civil conflict erupted in Sudan. ‘We are two years into a famine in parts of the country – this is unacceptable in this day in age’ “Sudan remains the world’s largest humanitarian emergency – and it continues to deepen with no end in sight. We are two years into a famine in parts of the country – this is unacceptable in this day in age.” Millions of Sudanese are trapped in a daily struggle to secure food, ...