WFP warns of starvation in Sudan and Gaza as aid access blocked, funding drops by 40%

WFP Deputy Director Carl Skau warned that Sudan is now the world’s worst hunger crisis, with 1.7 million facing famine as warring parties block aid. He revealed Gaza’s WFP food stocks will run out by Monday due to Israel’s siege, leaving 2 million without lifelines despite trucks waiting at borders. Skau confirmed daily but fruitless negotiations with Israel, stressing Qatar’s role in ceasefire talks as a last hope. Globally, aid worker deaths hit record highs (10 killed in Sudan this month), while funding dropped 40%, forcing impossible choices like “feeding the starving over the hungry.” He called the collapse of humanitarian law “unprecedented,” with crises in Gaza, Sudan, and the DRC demanding urgent action.