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U.S. committed to help people affected by conflicts in Sudan: diplomat

Xinhua, May 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

A U.S. diplomat on Thursday said his country is committed to assist those who have been affected by conflicts in Sudan.

The U.S. government is committed to work the World Food Programme (WFP) to reduce the number of people who go to sleep hungry in Sudan, said U.S Charge d'Affairs in Khartoum Benjamin Moeling on Thursday.

A cargo ship, contributed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), carrying 47,500 metric tons of sorghum worth of 35 million U.S dollars, docked at Port-Sudan, in eastern Sudan, to support the needs of around 200,000 South Sudanese refugees in many parts of Sudan and about one million internally displaced in Sudan's Darfur region.

The WFP, meanwhile, said in a statement that the USAID contribution tends to support the WFP operations in Sudan.

Last April, UN agencies warned against limited funding to provide assistance to around 221,000 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan, saying that the funding shortfall in 2016 is estimated at 62 percent.

During the period 2010- 2016, the USAID has contributed over 1.4 billion dollars for the WFP operations in Sudan. Endit