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World Food Program lifts suspension of operations in Sudan

/ 04:26 PM May 01, 2023

The UN's World Food Program says it will immediately lift the suspension of its operations in Sudan that was put in place after the tragic deaths of its team member.

FILE PHOTO: Damaged buildings are seen following clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in South Khartoum locality, Sudan, April 25, 2023. REUTERS/ Stringer

— The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) said Monday that it will immediately lift the suspension of its operations in Sudan that was put in place after the tragic deaths of its team member.

“WFP is rapidly resuming our programs to provide the life-saving assistance that many so desperately need right now,” WFP executive director Cindy McCain wrote on Twitter.

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The WFP said on April 16 it had temporarily halted all operations in Sudan after three of its employees were killed in clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a day earlier.

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