This archive report was first published on 10 June 2020.
Published on June 10, 2020, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed direct deliveries of emergency food aid to South Sudan through the Kenyan border point of Nadapal.
For the first time since 2018, WFP has managed to send a humanitarian convoy from Kenya directly into South Sudan via the Nadapal border crossing just as hunger is peaking in the country, according to a statement issued in Juba.
The nine-truck convoy, carrying some 280 tons of food, will be enough to feed 20,000 people for a month.
Matthew Hollingworth, WFP country director in South Sudan, said, "Our backs are against the wall and time is of the essence. The effectiveness of our response will very much depend on how soon we get supplies into the country and move them to where they are needed the most."
More than 6.5 million people, about half of South Sudan's population, are expected to face food insecurity in the near future, with the Covid-19 pandemic, desert locust invasions, and renewed violence in parts of the country worsening hunger.
