Sudan: Conflicts Increase Emergency Food Airlifts

The World Food Program reports increasing conflicts in the first half of this year have created a huge surge in emergency airlifts and airdrops of food to people caught in hard-to-reach areas. The air service run by WFP says it has had to deliver 50 times more food by air this year compared to the same period last year to tackle multiple global emergencies.

Since the beginning of the year, UNHAS, the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service, has delivered some 7,600 tons of food as well as more than 1,000 tons of relief supplies and equipment for the World Food Program and other humanitarian organizations to 21 countries.

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