THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD

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28 June 2011 - In 2011, Sudan continues to face many grave humanitarian challenges. In the north, the conflict in Darfur continues, with the levels of violence and insecurity, once again, increasing. This has led to the new or continued displacement of nearly two million people, leaving them reliant on outside assistance for food and other basic, life-saving services. In the south, the recent referendum decision to secede from the north (January 2011) has brought new challenges to a region already devastated by decades of civil war and beset by inter-tribal violence and chronic natural disasters (drought, flooding). Hundreds of thousands of southerners have now decided to return to a homeland that lacks even the most basic infrastructure in many areas, overwhelming local capacity to feed, shelter, and provide basic services to the population. With CIDA support, the World Food Programme (WFP) is helping to feed an estimated 6.75 million people throughout Sudan in 2011 through the provision of direct food rations for displaced or conflict-affected persons, school feeding, supplementary feeding programs, and food for work/assets schemes.