UN World Food Program halts work in Sudan after 3 workers killed

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP-World Food Programme), announced the temporary suspension of all its activities in Sudan after 3 of its staff were killed and 2 others injured in the ongoing infighting in Sudan.

Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program, said in a statement on Sunday: "I am saddened by the tragic deaths of three WFP staff on Saturday in violence in North Darfur as they carried out their duties on the front lines of global hunger fulfilled. I'm scared and upset. Two World Food Program staff were also injured in the incident."

A plane belonging to the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service, led by the World Food Program, was also damaged in the deadly violence at Khartoum International Airport, McCain said. This is seriously affecting the World Food Program's ability to transport personnel and humanitarian aid and is having repercussions across the country.

Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, tweeted Sunday evening calling for the perpetrators of this crime to be prosecuted.Violence has broken out in Sudan since Saturday, with ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), confronting each other. Tensions have been raging between the two military leaders for weeks over the planned integration of the RSF into the Sudanese army.

So far, dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured. After the escalation of this conflict, the Presidents of Egypt and South Sudan agreed to mediate between the conflicting parties in Sudan.The former Prime Minister of Sudan, Abdallah Hamdok, warned against foreign interference in his country's internal developments and called for talks between the conflicting parties and an immediate ceasefire.