27/06/2025
Six months on, US aid cuts push refugees in East Africa to starvation
lsquo;We have fled war, but we are now about to face starvation in Uganda,rsquo; says Sudanese refugee Iman MohammedWithout immediate funding, further cuts or a total halt of assistance may follow, warns WFP spokesperson Alessandro Abbonizio After several days of travel, sometimes navigating through the bushes of Sudanrsquo;s Darfur region to avoid armed groups and checkpoints, Amin Ahmed, his wife Rania Bashir, and their two children managed to flee the country. The family of four is now seeking asylum at the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in mid-western Uganda, home to thousands of other refugees from Sudan, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. ldquo;We felt a sense of...
