Egyptian food aid being delivered to south Sudan

The process of dropping Egyptian food aid in southern Sudan began yesterday. Sources at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry confirmed that this is the first time that Egypt has presented food and medical aid to confront the famine that threatens the Sudanese people in the south through Kenya and the U.N.

An Egyptian joint delegation from several ministries and the Egyptian Red Cross carried the first shipment of Egyptian aid in Lokisho Gio area in airplanes affiliated to the World Food Program.