WFP to reduce food support in Sudan due to funding shortages – Middle East Monitor

The World Food Programme warned today it is facing a funding shortfall that could affect its ability to support people facing acute food shortages in Sudan within weeks as donor states reduce humanitarian funding, Reuters reports.

The United Nations agency said it has a shortfall in funding of $698 million out of the nearly $800 million it had asked for from donors to help seven million people from May through to September.

There will be shortages of items,…