WFP Geneva Palais Briefing Note: WFP warns El Obeid is becoming the new epicentre of Sudan's displacement and hunger crisis

Country: Sudan Source: World Food Programme This is a summary of what was said by Abdallah Aldawart, WFP’s Country Director for Sudan (speaking from Kosti, Sudan, via Zoom) – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – I'm calling from Kosti, having just returned from a one-day trip to El Obeid city to witness the humanitarian situation on the ground. We have been providing humanitarian assistance in El Obeid, even before this c