Audit Reports

As part of its annual work plan, the Office of Internal Audit conducted an audit of the Level 3 emergency response for the Sahel, covering the duration of the emergency, from 29 May 2018 to 19 December 2018. The audit team conducted the fieldwork from 25 February 2019 to 24 May 2019, leveraging on the internal audits of the Niger and the Chad Country Offices, complemented with work and visits in the Regional Bureau in Dakar, the Mali Country Office and corporate divisions at Headquarters, desk reviews of the Burkina Faso and Mauritania emergency operations and consultations with Senegal Country Office. The audit was conducted in conformance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.

As part of its annual work plan, the Office of Internal Audit conducted an audit of WFP operations in Sudan that focused on the period 1 January 2018 to 28 February 2019. Expenditures in Sudan totalled USD 249 million in 2018, representing approximately 4 percent of WFP’s total direct expenses for that year. The audit team conducted the fieldwork in two phases: the first from 31 March to 12 April 2019 at the country office premises in Khartoum and through onsite visits to area/sub-offices in El Geneina, Zalingei, Nyala and Port Sudan; and the second, given political instability in Sudan, from WFP headquarters in Rome from 15 April to 2 May 2019. The audit was conducted in conformance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.

As part of its annual work plan, the Office of Internal Audit conducted an audit of WFP operations in Niger that focused on the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. The audit team conducted the fieldwork from 2 to 18 April 2019 at the country office premises in Niamey and through onsite visits to the sub-office in Tahoua, and project sites in the Tahoua and Dosso regions. The audit was conducted in conformance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.