The highlights this week: Aid in Sudan is in jeopardy as the country faces worsening famine , Kenya’s high court suspends the country’s $2.5 billion health deal with the United States, and tensions simmer ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations .
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The highlights this week: Aid in Sudan is in jeopardy as the country faces worsening famine, Kenya’s high court suspends the country’s $2.5 billion health deal with the United States, and tensions simmer ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Worsening Famine
As famine spreads across Sudan, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has announced that it will need to cut back on its operations in the country due to a lack of funding.
On Friday, the WFP said that starting next month, it will be forced to reduce rations to “the absolute minimum for survival,” or 70 percent for those already facing famine and 50 percent for those at risk of famine. The U.N. agency also said that it requires nearly $700 million over the next six months to sustain its work.
Humanitarian aid groups have long warned of worsening famine as atrocities have mounted in Sudan since civil war broke out between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023.
Last month, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirmed famine in Sudan for the second time in less than a year, noting that an es
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