The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said it is assisting thousands of people fleeing from fighting Sudan's Southern Kordofan state, but the conflict continues to hinder the agency's efforts to reach more people uprooted by the violence.
The agency said it has been able to supply between seven and 15-days of rations to about 26,500 persons displaced since clashes began earlier this month between the northern army known as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) of Southern Sudan.
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