IRC Suspends Red Sea Route for Sudan Aid Amid Rising Cost, Risks

FILE - This photo shows the U.S.-owned Genco Picardy that was attacked Jan. 17, 2024, with a drone launched by Houthis in the Gulf of Aden. The International Rescue Committee is now diverting aid shipments away from the Red Sea. (Indian navy via AP)

Getting humanitarian supplies to millions of Sudanese affected by the country’s more than 10 months of conflict is getting expensive and risky because of attacks on Red Sea shipping by Houthi rebels based in Yemen.