World News | UN Food Agency Pauses Aid to Famine-hit Sudan Displacement Camp of Half-million People

Cairo, Feb 26 (AP) The United Nations' food agency says it has temporarily paused aid distribution in Sudan's famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp of a half-million people as fighting intensifies between the country's warring sides.

The World Food Programme said in a statement Wednesday that fighting over the past two weeks between the military and a paramilitary group forced its partners to leave the camp in western Darfur for safety.

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“Without immediate assistance, thousands of desperate families in Zamzam could starve in the coming weeks,” said the agency's regional director, Laurent Bukera. (AP)

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