Alert of “profound food insecurity” due to poor harvests and rising food prices
July 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The World Bank has announced the delivery of one hundred million dollars (about 98.3 million euros) to finance projects of the World Food Program (WFP) in Sudan to address the increase in food insecurity in the African country.
The agency has indicated in a statement that the agreement signed with the WFP supposes funds to “directly finance” the UN agency for “a new Emergency Safety Nets Project in Sudan” in the face of “profound food insecurity” due to the “Bad Harvests and Rising International Food Prices”.
The funds will be delivered through the Sudan Recovery and Transition Support Trust Fund (STARS) for the distribution of economic aid in eleven states based on vulnerability assessments carried out by WFP.
The World Bank has highlighted that this support has been possible thanks to contributions from the European Union (EU), Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Norway, Canada, Italy, Finland, Ireland and the State and Peacebuilding Fund of the organization itself.
“While funding under agreements signed with the Government of Sudan remains on hold — following the military coup in October 2021 — development partners are happy to be able to provide direct support to the Sudanese people at these key times,” explained the director of the World Bank for Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan, Ousmane Dione.
“This is in line with our Fragility, Conflict and Violence Strategy, which focuses on protecting the human capital of the most vulnerable groups in times of truce”, he said, before adding that “any decision to restart funding to the Government It will be adopted after an assessment of the situation.
For its part, the WFP has highlighted through its account on the social network Twitter that these funds “will allow emergency aid to be delivered to more than two million people throughout the country at a time when the Sudanese people need it most. “. “Thanks to the World Bank for this historic contribution”, he has settled.
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