War erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese army under the country’s de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
The conflict has unleashed one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
More than 25 million people – more than half its population – face acute hunger. Famine has been declared in a Darfur displacement camp.
The UN’s World Food Programme welcomed the reopening of the Adre crossing and said it was in a race against time to save lives.
“The opening of this critical humanitarian corridor through Adre will enable us to deliver aid into Sudan’s conflict-riddled Darfur region, where famine was confirmed just two weeks ago,” WFP Sudan spokeswoman Leni Kinzli told a media briefing from Nairobi.
“Vital food and nutrition supplies” would be taken through the crossing in coming weeks, she added.
“WFP urgently needs all other border crossings into Sudan to open,” she said.
She said two convoys with nearly 6,000 tonnes of food for around 500,000 people were being loaded, destined for Darfur areas at risk of famine, as soon as government clearance was received.
Tine, the only other crossing from Chad into Sudan, has been largely impassable for nearly a month due to floods. Thirty WFP trucks have been unable to cross into Darfur.
More than 50 WFP trucks with around 4,800 tonnes of food and nutrition are also stuck in locations across Sudan due to the flooding.
