01.05.2023, 10:58
A warehouse of the World Food Program was robbed in Sudan
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS About 4 thousand tons of humanitarian aid were stolen from the World Food Program (WFP) The UN is in Sudan, according to the special representative of the Secretary General of the organization for Sudan Volker Pertes.
"Most of the humanitarian aid that we had in our warehouse was looted. All warehouses of the World Food Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other organizations in Darfur were looted. The World Food Program has lost about 4,000 metric tons of humanitarian supplies," Peres said in an interview with the British TV channel Sky News. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Sudan noted that a ceasefire is necessary for the resumption of humanitarian activities. Fighting has been going on in Sudan since April 15 between the Rapid Reaction Forces under the command of Mohammed Hamdan Daglo and the regular army. The opposing forces in Sudan are exchanging contradictory statements about successes in combat operations and control over facilities, having launched a large-scale information war in the media and social networks.
According to the Minister of Health of Sudan, the death toll from clashes in the country has increased to 600. The WHO representative in Sudan, Nima Said Abid, said at a weekly UN briefing in Geneva on Tuesday that 459 people were killed and 4,072 injured during the armed conflict.
"Most of the humanitarian aid that we had in our warehouse was looted. All warehouses of the World Food Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other organizations in Darfur were looted. The World Food Program has lost about 4,000 metric tons of humanitarian supplies," Peres said in an interview with the British TV channel Sky News. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Sudan noted that a ceasefire is necessary for the resumption of humanitarian activities. Fighting has been going on in Sudan since April 15 between the Rapid Reaction Forces under the command of Mohammed Hamdan Daglo and the regular army. The opposing forces in Sudan are exchanging contradictory statements about successes in combat operations and control over facilities, having launched a large-scale information war in the media and social networks.
According to the Minister of Health of Sudan, the death toll from clashes in the country has increased to 600. The WHO representative in Sudan, Nima Said Abid, said at a weekly UN briefing in Geneva on Tuesday that 459 people were killed and 4,072 injured during the armed conflict.
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