GENEVA, Aug 16 (Bernama-WAM) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed the news of the Adre border crossing from Chad to Sudan reopening, News Agency (WAM) reported.
WFP is expanding aid to 14 areas in Sudan that are either suffering from or at risk of famine, mainly in Darfur, Kordofan, Khartoum and Gezira, with the aim of supporting up to 8.4 million people by the end of the year, Lenny Kinsley, spokeswoman for the WFP in Sudan said in a video conference in Geneva on Friday.
The opening of the Adre crossing comes at a crucial time when the only other border crossing from Chad to Darfur has been rendered unusable by heavy rains, and about 30 trucks carrying WFP aid have been unable to cross a flooded seasonal river for almost a month, the spokeswoman said.
The WFP urgently needs to open all other border crossings into Sudan so that it can use every possible supply route to deliver needed food aid, she said, noting that the ongoing peace talks in Geneva provide a vital opportunity for the international community to directly address large-scale operational challenges and access barriers.
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