WFP warns of ‘massive’ humanitarian aid crisis in Sudan as war rages

The World Food Programme’s Carl Skau says the fighting is stopping aid from reaching millions in desperate need.

Sudan faces a “massive” humanitarian aid crisis, with millions of starving people being denied access to vital food supplies as fighting rages in the war-torn country, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.

WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau told Al Jazeera on Sunday that his organisation was assisting 5 million people across the nation, including 2 million in hard-to-reach areas, but it was not enough.

“The needs are massive. We’re talking about 20 million people acutely food insecure, some 6 million in starvation,” he said.

“It is a massive crisis and what we’re able to do, which is important, isn’t enough.”

He said the organisation had “tried every way possible” to get aid to populations in need, including air drops, digital cash transfers and stationing convoys outside besieged areas.