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WFP convoy from South Sudan arrives in Sudan, UN calls for use of all routes to reach people in need

2143810 · January 23, 2025
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The World Food Programme delivered 1,000 metric tonnes of food via a four-barge convoy from South Sudan to Khosti, enough to feed about 80,000 people for one month. The UN said this establishes another route into Sudan and urged humanitarian use of all possible corridors.

Farhan, the UN spokesperson, said the first cross-border barge convoy from South Sudan to Sudan via the White Nile arrived on 22 January in Khosti. He said the four-barge convoy carried 1,000 metric tonnes of WFP food assistance — enough, WFP estimates, to feed roughly 80,000…

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