The WFP "pipeline" of food aid in Sudan will dry up substantially in August, at the peak of the hunger gap when supplies of locally-produced foods are unavailable, with the level of funding currently available, a situation report from the agency warned on Monday. The agency reported that while the overall nutritional situation has improved in many parts of
southern Sudan, that could easily be reversed by a deterioration in the security situation.
Agencies probe reports of high malnutrition in Bahr el-Ghazal
An emergency nutritional assessment is being carried out in Bahr el-Ghazal in the south to investigate reports of high malnutrition at the start of the hunger gap, an OLS report stated on Monday. The team, lead by the Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit, includes WFP, Oxfam, the SPLM and the Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association: the humanitarian body
of the SPLM.
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