Continued fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region, is denying aid agencies access to victims of the conflict, a member of the European parliament has said. Richard Howitt, said only 15% of the victims of the war have access to humanitarian aid in the region. Mr Howitt a British member of the European Union delegation that toured the area in western Sudan told the BBC that the area is still unsafe. "There is direct evidence that military confrontation is continuing. The Islamist militia, the Janjaweed, supported by the government are running riot in most of the countryside," Mr Howitt said. Mr Howitt said at least 40% of the area is out of bounds for aid agencies, despite the rising number of people being driven out by the fighting. "There has been a systematic pattern of denial of travel to aid agencies and journalists by military intelligence to Darfur in western Sudan." he said.
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