WFP resumes food assistance in crisis-torn Sudan

STORY: WFP resumes food assistance in crisis-torn Sudan DATELINE: June 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:50 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people displaced by fighting sheltering in an abandoned poultry farm 2. various of WFP food distribution to people displaced from Khartoum 3. various of a health center in Wad Madani 4. SOUNDBITE (English): MICHAEL DUNFORD, WFP Regional Director 5. various of an improvised refugee camp in Chad 6. various of WFP distribution to refugees in Borota STORYLINE: The World Food Programme (WFP) has begun delivering food for hundreds of thousands of hungry people in Sudan, with hopes to expand to more areas despite enormous security challenges, including intense fighting raging in parts of the country. Even as Sudan's conflict unleashes widespread displacement and hardship, the May-November rainy season promises to make swathes of the country inaccessible, and the imminent lean period between harvests is certain to further intensify food insecurity. SOUNDBITE