{"id":61395,"date":"2026-04-10T01:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=61395"},"modified":"2026-04-10T01:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:19:11","slug":"world-food-programme-resumes-operations-from-khartoum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/world-food-programme-resumes-operations-from-khartoum\/","title":{"rendered":"World Food Programme Resumes Operations from Khartoum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris affirmed the government\u2019s commitment to removing all obstacles and strengthening prospects for joint cooperation with the World Food Programme, enabling it to carry out its humanitarian mission and deliver assistance across Sudan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This came during his meeting on Thursday with Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the World Food Programme, Abdullah Al-Wardat, the Programme\u2019s Country Director, and their accompanying delegation, in the presence of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Muawiya Othman Khalid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a press statement following the meeting, the WFP Deputy Executive Director announced the relocation of the organization\u2019s main operations to the capital, Khartoum, in response to the noticeable improvement in basic services and reconstruction efforts led by the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carl Skau noted that the meeting discussed mechanisms to support farmers in returning to their production areas, alongside adopting a policy of local procurement of food commodities instead of imports. This aims to strengthen the national economy and enhance domestic production efficiency. He also highlighted plans to expand school feeding programs and support the most vulnerable groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He added that the meeting addressed the need to sustain urgent humanitarian interventions in the Kordofan and Darfur regions to support displaced populations, expressing appreciation for the Sudanese government\u2019s efforts to remove obstacles facing the World Food Programme and ensure aid reaches those in need across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris affirmed the government\u2019s commitment to removing all obstacles and strengthening prospects for joint cooperation with the World Food Programme, enabling it to carry out its humanitarian mission and deliver assistance across Sudan. This came during his meeting on Thursday with Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61398,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61395\/revisions\/61398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}