The UN warned Thursday that Sudan is facing famine after 'intense fighting caused the World Food Programme to suspend operations in North Darfur.' 'Five more areas could face famine in the next

The United Nations World Food Programme has temporarily stopped distributing food aid in a famine-struck camp for displaced people in Sudan's North Darfur amid escalating violence, warning that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks.

One million more people in Somalia could face crisis levels of hunger in coming months due to a forecast drought during the next crop cycle, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday.

A forecast drought in the next crop cycle is set to push an additional 1 million people into crisis-levels of hunger in Somalia in the coming months, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday (March 4),

The World Food Programme, the largest provider of food aid in Sudan, said on Wednesday it was forced to pause food distributions in Sudan's famine-plagued Zamzam camp in North Darfur.

The UN food agency urgently requires $620 million to ensure continued support to crisis-affected people across the Sahel and in Nigeria over the next six months.

The WFP provides up to 90 per cent of food assistance in Somalia, making it an essential lifeline for thousands of people, including many internally displaced by conflict.

The UN’s food agency has warned that it will run out of supplies to help feed Palestinians in Gaza in just two weeks if Israel continues its total blockade of food and other necessities, putting the lives of millions of Palestinians at risk.

The World Food Programme is hampered by the Israeli blockade that began alongside the decision to continue the ceasefire into Ramzan