COP 29: Unfulfilled Hopes

WFP reiterated its call for all border crossings into Sudan to remain open and fully operational so that life-saving aid can reach those in urgent need.(PANA 22/11) Also for the first time in nearly two years of bitter fighting in Sudan, a humanitarian cargo flight with essential medical supplies for children landed in the Blue Nile state, south-east of Khartoum, near the borders with Ethiopia and South Sudan and not far from Eritrea.According to Save the Children in Port Sudan, this was "the first cargo flight carrying critical drugs and medical supplies" to have arrived in Blue Nile state since the conflict began.A press release by the charity pointed out that the supplies were being distributed to hospitals and clinics to treat families and children.