October 14, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) - Severe acute food insecurity has massively increased since the beginning of the conflict, leaving over half of the country experiencing severe food insecurity, aid agencies warned while urging urgent action and resources to save the situation. The Food Security and Livelihood Cluster (FSLC), in a statement issued on Monday, said urgent action must be taken to prevent the spread of hunger in the country at war since mid-April 2023. “Without the immediate allocation of resources and a ceasefire, millions of highly food insecure people will see their conditions deteriorate to near catastrophe levels, or worse be simply left with no assistance at all,” it reads in part. The FSLC called on the international community to mobilize adequate funding for its operation in order to bridge the gap between the current level of resources and scale of needs. This intervention, it said, would effectively continue assisting the 11.4 million people targeted. The cluster also advocated for the delivery of emergency lifesaving food assistance, going beyond the programmatic response plan: innovative and flexible solutions must be scaled-up in collaboration with the Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), stressing that the risk aversion levels need to be lowered to address …
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