As part of its annual workplan, the Office of Internal Audit conducted an audit of World Food Programme emergency operations in Sudan. The audit focused on: corporate emergency scale-up; organizational structure and human resources; risk management and oversight, including the global assurance project; security and access management; operational planning, delivery and performance management; targeting and identity management; cooperating partner management; logistics management; supply chain and delivery – contract and vendor management, budget and programming; monitoring, and community feedback mechanisms. Following the outbreak of conflict in Sudan in April 2023, WFP activated a corporate emergency scale-up in May 2023. In November 2023, it expanded the emergency response regionally to include South Sudan and Chad. The regional corporate scale-up emergency remains active through December 2025. In 2024, WFP reached 7.9 million beneficiaries, compared to 8.4 million in 2023, with direct operational expenses of USD 472.0 million, compared to USD 354.0 million in 2023. Based on the results of the audit, the Office of Internal Audit reached an overall conclusion of major improvement needed.