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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Mohamed Nureldin and Nafisa Eltahir

UN pressures Sudan's warring generals after aid looted

Martin Griffiths, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, looks on during his meeting with the Mayor of Red Sea state Fathallah al-Haj Ahmed (not pictured) following the crisis in Sudan's capital Khartoum, in Port Sudan, Sudan May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Ibrahim Mohammed Ishak

The United Nations pressed Sudan's warring factions on Wednesday to guarantee safe passage of humanitarian aid after six trucks were looted and air strikes in the capital undermined a supposed truce.

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said he hoped to have face-to-face meetings with Sudan's warring parties within two to three days to secure guarantees from them for aid convoys to deliver relief supplies.

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