https://www.wfp.org/feeds/Sudan Country content en https://www.wfp.org/content/sudan-launches-major-dam-boost-agricultural-production-investment Sudan launched a major dam project on Tuesday to boost power supply and agricultural irrigation, a plan officials hope will foster farmland exports and attract more Gulf investment to the African country as it battles an economic crisis. (..) Faced with the loss of most of its oil reserves with South Sudan's secession in 2011, Sudan plans to increase exports of agricultural goods, such as wheat, fruits, oil seeds and gum arabic. Hunger in the news Sudan hunger in the news Africa The New York Times Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:05:58 +0000 WFP 370831 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/stories/sudan-vouchers-new-skills-food-table A refugee from Eritrea, Amna Mohamed has spent most of her life in eastern Sudan. A widow and mother of four, her life has never been easy. But it recently took a turn for the better with the help of a voucher programme that put food on the table while she learned how to embroider and make jewellery—skills that will help her provide for her family. Preventing Hunger Eritrea Sudan Local Africa Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:43:29 +0000 Amorcecille Almagro 370829 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/japan-contributes-us37-million-food-assistance-vulnerable-people-sudan KHARTOUM - The Government of Japan and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday signed a new agreement in Rome for food assistance amounting to approximately US$ 3.7 million (300 million Japanese Yen) to benefit the most vulnerable people in the Republic of the Sudan. Contributions to WFP Hunger in the news Journalists Japan Sudan Africa Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:17:35 +0000 WFP 359197 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/stories/darfur-women-graduate-safe-stoves-project A group of women in Darfur say they’re ready to move beyond food assistance thanks to a set of skills they’ve learned through a WFP-supported project that teaches women in the troubled region how to make their own fuel-efficient cook stoves. Aid professionals Sudan Africa Focus on Women Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:04:52 +0000 WFP 342951 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/content/south-sudans-aid-workers-concerned-about-flood-sudanese-refugees South Sudan’s Upper Nile state is now home to more than 100,000 refugees from Sudan’s Blue Nile state, where conflict has raged between government forces and insurgents for more than a year. (..) Stanlake Samkange, the East and Central Africa Director for the U.N's World Food Program [WFP], said the situation improved mainly due airdrops of food - a costly last resort - but could quickly worse again if more refugees arrive, and unless more funding is found. Hunger in the news South Sudan Sudan hunger in the news Africa VOA Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:52:17 +0000 WFP 305024 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/content/not-too-late-aid-sudan-war-zone-wfp-boss A plan backed by the United Nations, the African Union and the Arab League for delivering aid to war-affected Sudanese states has not come too late, the head of the World Food Programme said Monday.(..) "It's never too late to get to a plan when there is an opportunity to serve," WFP's executive director, Ertharin Cousin, told reporters. "We have beneficiaries in need." Hunger in the news South Sudan Sudan hunger in the news AFP Africa Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:59:46 +0000 WFP 287841 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-deplores-fatal-shooting-staff-member-south-kordofan-sudan It is with profound sadness that the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today confirmed the death of one its drivers in a fatal attack in the Sudan state of South Kordofan Sudan Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:06:29 +0000 WFP 285751 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/feeding-tomorrow-athletes-around-world . Cape Verde Honduras Indonesia Kenya Niger Pakistan Sudan Droughts Emergencies Nutrition School Meals Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:49:28 +0000 WFP 282803 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/content/un-sudan-refugees-suffering-without-adequate-aid Antonio Guterres, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, urged donor nations to ease "the enormous humanitarian tragedy." (..) Guterres said more than 200,000 refugees have fled the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile and into neighboring Ethiopia and South Sudan. (..) Because of the fighting in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, families did not plant crops, fearful that Sudanese bombers would target them while in the field. That has forced residents to eat roots and leaves to survive. (..) The World Food Program says the latest influx of refugees into Ethiopia — from both Sudan and Somalia — is straining its operations there. Hunger in the news Sudan hunger in the news Africa The New York Times / AP Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:51:13 +0000 WFP 280266 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/content/new-wave-%E2%80%98lost-boys%E2%80%99-flee-sudan%E2%80%99s-lingering-war-0 Thousands of unaccompanied children are streaming out of an isolated, rebellious region of Sudan, fleeing a relentless aerial assault and the prospect of famine.   Hunger in the news Sudan hunger in the news Africa The New York Times Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:00:47 +0000 WFP 270539 at https://www.wfp.org