UN / SUDAN UPDATE

The World Food Programme (WFP) called for humanitarian access to El Fasher in North Darfur, which is “facing starvation and remains cut off from humanitarian assistance.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:33
• Production Date: 13 August 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: WAR VICTIMS; FOOD SECURITY; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3436703
• Parent Id: 3436703
• Alternate Title: unifeed250813b

Description

STORY: UN / SUDAN UPDATE
TRT: 01:33
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 13 AUGUST 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

13 AUGUST 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“A year ago, in August of 2024, famine was confirmed in Zamzam camp and has since spread to areas in Darfur and Kordofan. Currently, 17 areas are classified as ‘at risk of famine’ including parts of Darfur, the Nuba Mountains, Khartoum, and Gezira. Since then, the situation, especially in El Fasher, has only gotten worse as we’ve been telling you almost on a daily basis. Our friends at the World Food Programme today called for humanitarian access to El Fasher that is facing starvation and remains cut off from humanitarian assistance. The World Food Programme says that, as a coping mechanism, some residents are reportedly surviving on animal fodder and food waste. The World Food Programme continues to provide digital cash support to roughly a quarter-million people in the city, allowing them to buy the dwindling food left in the markets. However, the escalating needs make it imperative to address the hunger situation at a scale that is actually required. We reiterate our concern about the ongoing conflict and renew our calls for all parties to end the violence and resolve to dialogue and to put the interest of their people first.”
5. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium

Storyline

The World Food Programme (WFP) today (13 Aug) called for humanitarian access to El Fasher in North Darfur, which is “facing starvation and remains cut off from humanitarian assistance.”

United Nations spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, told journalists in New York that “a year ago, in August of 2024, famine was confirmed in Zamzam camp and has since spread to areas in Darfur and Kordofan,” and currently, “17 areas are classified as ‘at risk of famine’ including parts of Darfur, the Nuba Mountains, Khartoum, and Gezira.”

Dujarric said the situation “has only gotten worse.”

According to the WFP, he said, “as a coping mechanism, some residents are reportedly surviving on animal fodder and food waste.”

Dujarric expressed concern about the ongoing conflict and called "for all parties to end the violence and resolve to dialogue and to put the interest of their people first.”