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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samy Magdy,Sam Mednick and Edith M. Lederer

Sudan keeps key aid crossing from Chad open for hard-hit Darfur region as famine grows

Sudan Chad - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Sudan’s military-controlled government said Wednesday that a key border crossing with Chad will stay open to keep much-needed humanitarian aid flowing into the western Darfur region which has been a center of fighting in the country’s ongoing war.

The decision on the Adre crossing followed a meeting with United Nations agencies and local and international aid groups, Sudan's ruling Sovereign Council said in a statement.

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