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An estimated 60 percent of IDPs and 50 percent of refugees are food insecure in Sudan.

The first convoy of seven trucks left WFP warehouses in Dushanbe today, heading to Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province in the northeast.

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“The funding could not have come at a more crucial moment, as we are ramping up our assistance to meet increasing food needs in these regions where 1.1 million people are food insecure.

This funding comes at a critical time with humanitarian needs in Sudan expected to reach an all-time high in 2022.

Persistent insecurity, the climate crisis, and high food and fuel prices have exacerbated food insecurity in Chad, which hosts 592,800 refugees, more than any other country in West and Central Africa.

“Learning with an empty stomach is hard. The school feeding programme in Afghanistan helps increase enrolment, attendance and retention in primary school, for boys and girls. School feeding improves learning abilities and the well-being of the children who are the next generation of Afghanistan”, said Raffaella Iodice, the EU Chargée d’Affaires a.i.

The worsening economic crisis, decades of conflict and years of severe drought have put Afghanistan on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe: 23 million people now face acute hunger.

Funds from the EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department (ECHO) have allowed WFP to provide unconditional food and cash distributions throughout 2020 in four of the most food-insecure are-as of Diffa, Maradi, Tahoua and Tillaberi regions.

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