Sudan: UN Expands Aid To Conflict-Ravaged Blue Nile State After First Delivery In 19 Months

11 April 2013

The United Nations has been able to reach 51,000 people with food aid in Sudan's Blue Nile state in the week since it managed to start its first deliveries in the conflict-wracked region in 19 months, but it needs more funds to feed all those in need there.

The first round of distributions consisted of two-month food rations for about 12,000 people in Geissan and 39,000 in Kurmuk, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced today.

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