World Bank to provide $100 million to address Sudan food insecurity
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The World Bank will provide the World Food Program (WFP) with $100 million to address food insecurity in Sudan, the WFP said on Wednesday.
The humanitarian organization said in a statement that the funds will be used to provide food and cash transfers for over two million people across the country.
This is the first-ever direct contribution from the World Bank to WFP in Sudan. This allocation was provided by the World Bank-managed Sudan Transition and Recovery Support Trust Fund (STARS), supported by the European Union, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Norway, Canada, Italy, Finland, Spain, Ireland, and the World Bank-administered State and Peacebuilding Fund.
The WFP has warned that one-third of the Sudanese population is food insecure, calling on international donors to provide additional $266 million to cover the increasing hunger gap in Sudan.
By September, up to 18 million people, or 40% of the country’s population, could slip into hunger, it says.
The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other donors suspended assistance to Sudan in the wake of last year’s military takeover.
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