http://www.wfp.org/feeds/Sudan Country content en http://www.wfp.org/content/real-peace-elusive-sudans-darfur-10-years The world may have tired of the civil war in Sudan's Darfur but for Fatima there is no escape from its painful legacy, a decade after fighting began. (..) The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says 1.4 million people like Fatima are still living in camps for the internally displaced and will need monthly food rations this year. "It remains in a humanitarian crisis," says WFP's Amor Almagro. Darfur, though, has long faded from the world's attention. Hunger in the news Sudan hunger in the news Africa The Daily Star (Lebanon) / AFP Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:58:57 +0000 WFP 394562 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-food-gives-sudanese-women-second-chance-learning Umtoma Ahmad Mohammed is a Sudanese mother of five who married young and spent much of her life caring for her children. Umtoma has not spent a day in primary school. Now, she and her 15-year-old daughter are learning how to read and write. The two women are also learning how to make fuel-efficient stoves and fuel fire briquettes as well as gardening. Food For Assets Sudan Local Africa Food for Assets Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:52:42 +0000 Amor Almagro 390030 at http://www.wfp.org http://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 http://www.wfp.org http://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 Amor Almagro 370829 at http://www.wfp.org http://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 http://www.wfp.org http://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 http://www.wfp.org http://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 http://www.wfp.org http://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 http://www.wfp.org http://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 http://www.wfp.org http://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 http://www.wfp.org