WFP prepositions food in south

WFP aims to preposition 17,000 mt of food in southern Sudan as a precautionary measure to avoid a repeat of the sudden increase of food aid needs experienced last year. The quantity represents about 10 percent of the total annual relief needs and is enough to provide a full ration to some 250,000 beneficiaries during the traditional “hunger gap” period between July and October, WFP’s latest weekly emergency report said. The total caseload of the northern and southern sectors during that period is foreseen to be approximately two million war- and drought-affected persons. Pre-positioning started in mid-February and is expected to last until early June, the report said.