WFP Sudan Outcome Performance Report End of 2020 - January-December 2020, Monitoring and Evaluation team Format Background In 2020, 9.6 Million people in Sudan were food insecure (IPC, 2020) due to several factors that include protracted political instability, flooding, deteriorating macroeconomic environment characterized by high inflation levels and low harvests in the previous farming seasons. The situation was exacerbated by the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic which led to the demise of jobs and other sources of livelihoods. During this period, WFP Sudan continued with its efforts to ensure food security to people affected by these shocks. The response to various emergencies and implementation of resilience building initiatives was done under the Country Strategy Plan (2019-2023).