Highlights
FAO Sudan has warned of an imminent food security emergency if the desert locust threat in two northern states is not controlled
WFP participates in a joint food needs assessment in government-controlled areas in all six localities of Blue Nile State for the first time since the conflict began in 2011
Over 1,000 people, including some 400 IDPs, attend an IDP conference in Nyala, in the lead up to the Darfur Donors Conference due to take place in Doha on 7-8 April
The 31 people abducted by the SLA/AW armed movement while travelling from Zalingei to Nyala to attend the IDP conference were released on-tribal fighting has forced some 3,200 people to flee their homes in Darfur over the past week
Local authorities report that IDPs from El Sireaf in Saraf Omra locality, North Darfur, are in need relief assistance