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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Says Aid Trucks Looted in ‘Volatile’ Sudan, Urges Safe Passage

In this image grab taken from footage released by the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on May 1, 2023, a destroyed car sits near the presidential palace in Khartoum. (Rapid Support Forces/ESN / AFP)

The United Nations said on Wednesday it was seeking assurances from Sudan's warring factions on the safe delivery of aid after six trucks of humanitarian supplies were looted and air strikes in Khartoum undermined a new ceasefire.

"We will still require agreements and arrangements to allow for movement of staff and supplies," U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said from Port Sudan, where many people have fled as the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have battled for more than two weeks.

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