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5 November 2009

WFP Airdrops Food Into Southern Sudan To Feed Thousands Of People

JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has commenced air drops of food assistance into Southern Sudan to feed 155,600 people cut off from road access during current rains in areas hit by conflict, high food prices and poor harvests because of drought.
3 October 2008

Hijackings cut WFP food supplies for Darfur as funding shortfall threatens humanitarian air service

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that banditry is delaying vital food deliveries to Darfur while a lack of contributions may ground its Humanitarian Air Service at the end of the month.
9 July 2008

Attacks on food convoys plague Darfur operations

WFP says that relentless attacks on truck convoys in Darfur are pushing to the brink the agency’s ability to feed more than 3 million people each month.
30 June 2008

Fast donor response keeps WFP Humanitarian Air Service flying in Sudan

Thanks to a fast response by donors, the humanitarian air service which flies aid workers to critical areas in Sudan will continue running until the end of September.
29 June 2008

WFP-contracted driver killed after delivering food assistance in South Sudan

The WFP said that the Ugandan driver of a WFP-contracted truck was killed in an ambush in southern Sudan, bringing to five the number of WFP-contracted drivers or their assistants killed in attacks in South Sudan this year.
15 May 2008

Humanitarian Air Service gets reprieve until mid-June but still risks closure

The United Nations World Food Programme announced today that the Humanitarian Air Service (WFP-HAS) in Sudan can continue operations until mid-June thanks to recent donations.
24 April 2008

Food relief truck driver killed in Darfur on the eve of ration cuts

WFP has announced the killing of a truck driver transporting vital food relief to Darfur, the second such killing in two months.
17 April 2008

Banditry against food trucks forces WFP to cut rations in Darfur

WFP has announced that it will be forced to cut monthly rations in Darfur starting next month, because banditry against WFP-contracted trucks is preventing sufficient stocks of vital food relief from getting through.
10 April 2008

WFP contract driver and assistant killed delivering food in South Sudan

WFP has announced that the driver of a WFP-contracted truck and his assistant were killed in Southern Sudan, bringing to five the number of people killed in attacks on WFP humanitarian transporters in Sudan in less than three weeks.
28 March 2008

WFP Sudan's air operation gets one-month reprieve from closure

The vital Humanitarian Air Service run by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan has received a one-month reprieve from imminent closure thanks to generous donations totalling more than US$6 million, the agency has announced.