In view of the famine that has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the government of Sudan led by Omar al-Bashir is opening a humanitarian corridor to enable aid to get to the African Country.

“Sudan will spare no effort to assist its brothers, until peace and stability are achieved there”, Foreign Ministry spokesman, Abdel-Ghani al-Nai’m, said in a statement.

Last week, two US ships carrying 47,000 tonnes of the cereal crop sorghum docked at Port Sudan, nearly half of which is due to be delivered to South Sudan through Sudan, it adds.

A senior United Nations official in Sudan welcomed the government's decision to allow food aid through to Bentiu, a town in Unity State, South Sudan, experiencing famine.

Marta Ruedas said: “This decision also comes at a critical time just before South Sudan’s rainy season, which starts in May and usually renders these roads impassable.”

According to Ceoafrica, at least 7.5 million people across South Sudan, almost two thirds of the population, need humanitarian assistance.

Sudan is also currently hosting more than 350,000 South Sudanese refugees, who have arrived since the conflict erupted in December 2013.