Lack of funding threatens the supply of food to Sudanese refugees in Chad

Agencies - Moatinoon
The lack of funding faced by United Nations humanitarian agencies threatens to halt food assistance to Sudanese refugees in Chad.

The UNs World Food Programme on Tuesday warned lack of funds threatened to halt food and nutrition assistance for more than a million people in Chad -- including newly arrived Sudanese refugees.

The organisation said funding constraints emanating from a range of other crises including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine meant its capacity to help was spread too thin.

It comes "as aid agencies scramble to respond to a fresh wave of refugees fleeing an unimaginable humanitarian crisis" in Sudans western region of Darfur, WFP said in a statement.

"In just the last six months of conflict in Sudan, as many refugees have fled into Chad as had crossed the border in the preceding 20 years starting from the outbreak of the Darfur crisis in 2003," it added.

The organisation said it urgently needed some 200 million of funding.

"Dwindling funding and soaring immense humanitarian needs is forcing WFP into making brutal choices," it added in a stark assessment.

"In December, WFP will be forced to suspend assistance to internally displaced people and refugees from Nigeria, Central African Republic, and Cameroon due to insufficient funds.