FOOD AID REACHES SUDAN’S BLUE NILE STATE FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER A YEAR, UN AGENCY REPORTS

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FOOD AID REACHES SUDAN'S BLUE NILE STATE FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER A
YEAR, UN AGENCY REPORTS
New York, Apr 4 2013 2:00PM
In what the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling a
"major breakthrough," the first UN food rations have reached
conflict-affected people in Sudan's Blue Nile state since 2011, when
the isolated rural area near the South Sudan border was cut off by
insecurity and movement restrictions imposed by the Government.

"While we continue to strive for access to all areas, this is still a
major breakthrough which will enable us to assist those who continue
to be displaced by the conflict or those who have decided to return to
their homes and are in dire need of food assistance,"
<"http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/life-saving-food-assistance-reaches-conflict-hit-people-sudan-blue-nile-state">said
WFP's Country Director in Sudan, Adnan Khan.

Fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the rebel Sudan
People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) broke out in Blue Nile
state in September 2011, after neighbouring South Sudan seceded under
the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended a decades-long civil
war. The fighting in Blue Nile displaced and then isolated tens of
thousands of people.

"We are giving a two-month ration for this first round of
distribution, following an assessment which we carried out early last
month in two of the areas most severely affected by the conflict,
Geissan and Kurmuk," said WFP Programme Officer Arduino Mangoni. He is
in Geissan leading a team that monitors the distribution of food to
12,000 people. WFP plans to reach an additional 39,000 people in
Kurmuk.

Additional WFP staff are in four other localities in Blue Nile state
to determine how people are coping with their food needs, what food is
available in the market and at what price.

"The overall plan is to assist all those we can reach in the six
localities before the onset of the rainy season in May," Mr. Khan
said.

WFP has said it will need an additional $20.5 million to buy 17,000
metric tons of food it estimates will be needed.
Apr 4 2013 2:00PM
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