'The rigid existential fact that those at war are keen to keep it going.' The UN's top aid official UNReliefChief on his separate talks with Sudan's rival generals and the ongoing situation in the country.
Mr Griffiths, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, called for their clear public commitments to guarantee urgent deliveries of aid.
Mr Griffiths described how most of their warehouses storing humanitarian supplies had been looted. Six trucks in an aid convoy heading to the Darfur region were seized en route. Since 15 April, when the bombs first dropped and bullets flew in all directions, the rival leaders have agreed successive short ceasefires which have repeatedly been violated, especially in the capital Khartoum and the western region of Darfur, which are now war zones.
"I think a really, really, deeply concerning aspect is the speed with which it is going viral," he added, reaching for words to convey the enormity and intensity of a crisis with profound consequences for the region and the wider world. The UN is warning of a possible exodus of 800,000 with others warning that number could be in the millions.
"Port Sudan is beginning to jump with masses of displaced people, some of them with no prospect of getting out to third countries."
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