Hello everyone and welcome to Amampur here's what's coming up.

Global hunger hits crisis levels.

One month into her new job,

I asked the World Food Program's new executive director,

Cindy McCain, how she's helping the unprecedented

number of people facing starvation.

Also ahead, a coronation fit for a king, but is the monarchy still

a good fit for modern day Britain, historian and author Simon Sharma, and with the American

perspective, the New York Times Mark Landler are here to discuss.

Plus Michelle Martin talks to Oklahoma Republican Tony Hasenbeck about her proposed law to protect women who kill their abusers. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. In Sudan

still no lasting ceasefire as the warring parties refused to put down their arms and

the United Nations Chief now warns that it could all explode

into an all-out war that would affect the region for years to come.

After nearly four weeks the violence is having a devastating effect on the country,

with hundreds killed and thousands fleeing their homes

in search of safety.

Those left behind or forced into refugee camps

are in dire need of shelter, medicine, clean water, and of course food.

The UN World Food Program is urgently working to get the Sudanese people fed, but it is dangerous

work. Three staff members were killed in the fighting, forcing a temporary

suspension of operations. At the helm of the WFP during this tense time is Cindy McCain,

the former ambassador and widow of Senator John

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