Chad, 18 July 2023 Sudanese refugees who fled the conflict in the Farchana camp some 70 km inside Chad. Ms. Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme and the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed The ripple effects of Sudan’s war are impacting hunger and migration across West and Central Africa, rapidly depleting scare resources, further stressing the already underfunded humanitarian response, and exacerbating inter-communal tensions. The spillover will be devastating for peace and stability in a region already facing climate extremes, insecurity, and economic decline, warned the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain as she wraps up a visit to Chad, Togo, and Benin.  “The global community faces a decision point,” said McCain. “We act now and stop Chad from becoming another victim of this crisis that has gripped the region or wait and act when it’s too late.”   The Executive Director witnessed firsthand how conflict, climate shocks, and high food and fuel costs in Chad are pushing millions into acute hunger and malnutrition.  Chad hosts the largest refugee population of any country in West and Central Africa and is also gripped by its own rising food insecurity.  In Chad, she travelled together with the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed to the border with Sudan, where some 330,000 women, men, and children have already crossed to escape violence. They also visited WFP’s teams who are responding to the emergency as it unfolds and those who are working to lay the groundwork for sustainable food systems, decreased volatility, and self-sufficiency through resilience. “The people I have met on the Chad-Sudan border have told me harrowing stories of their dangerous journey, and of loved ones they lost along the way,” McCain said. “Too many are injured and malnourished. This is the price innocent people pay for war; the world must step up and help them.