The UN chief on Wednesday said 'we failed' to stop war from erupting in Sudan, where persistent fighting between rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce.
Smoke billows over the Sudanese capital on Wednesday as persistent fighting undermines efforts to firm up a truce between the country's warring generalsThe UN chief on Wednesday said"we failed" to stop war from erupting in Sudan, where persistent fighting between rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce.
His remarks came as top UN humanitarian official Martin Griffiths was in Sudan one day after neighbouring South Sudan announced that the warring sides had agreed"in principle" to a seven-day ceasefire.Deadly violence broke out on April 15 between Sudan's de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who commands the regular army, and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who heads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces .
Griffiths called for security guarantees"at the highest level" to ensure desperately needed aid deliveries to war-ravaged parts of the country.Hospitals out of service in Sudan’s KhartoumGriffiths said he had been informed by the UN's World Food Programme that six trucks bringing aid to the country's western Darfur region had been"looted en route" Wednesday,"despite assurances of safety and security".
Saudi Arabia said the premises of its cultural centre in Khartoum were attacked on Tuesday"by an armed group which damaged equipment, cameras and seized some of the mission's property".Nearly 450,000 civilians have fled their homes, the International Organization for Migration said, including more than 115,000 who have sought refuge in neighbouring countries.
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