Emergency Food Assistance in Sudan - World Food Programme 2009

Ongoing conflict in Sudan has left millions in need of humanitarian assistance. More than 5.2 million Sudanese are internally displaced (14% of a total population of 38 million) and more than 500 000 are living abroad as refugees (260 000 in Chad). In Darfur an estimated 4.2 million people (of a total regional population of 6 million) are reliant on international assistance due to ongoing fighting between government forces and rebel groups. Conflict poor harvests large-scale population displacement and poverty have left millions in need of emergency food assistance. CIDA's contribution is supporting the World Food Programme (WFP) to help provide emergency food assistance to an estimated 5.9 million people across Sudan including more than 3 million in Darfur. Activities also focus on helping to reduce food insecurity and to restore the livelihoods of conflict-affected and vulnerable populations in Sudan.