The World Food Programme (WFP) says a convoy of humanitarian aid has entered the Sudanese region of Darfur, offering temporary respite after Sudan’s forces sealed sections of the border with Chad to aid deliveries in February.

The United Nations agency on Wednesday said that more than a dozen trucks delivered food assistance for about 13,000 people threatened with famine in western Darfur’s Kereinik region.

The agency added that it had food ready to move for 500,000 people. More than six million people face food insecurity across Darfur, as do more than 25 million, or about half the population, across the country.

“More than a dozen aid trucks – including some from the WFP and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – have now crossed into Darfur from Chad via the Adre border crossing,” UN chief Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday.

The Adre crossing from Chad into #Sudan is the most effective and shortest route to deliver humanitarian assistance – particularly into the Darfur region – at the scale and speed required to prevent widespread starvation. ⏩ Swipe to learn more ⏩ — World Food Programme (@WFP) August 22, 2024

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